The evening

So after dinner Waymond got a hankering for some of my Grandma's shredded apple pie. And, being the capable guy he is, he whipped TWO up! What a man, what a man!























































































































And, while Waymond was hard at work, I was making myself a cup of hot chocolate and got the movie ready that we watched tonight. The pie is tasty!!

Next project

We were watching the new Harry Potter movie a couple of weeks ago (thanks to Waymond's mom - great Christmas present), and on one of the flashbacks/memories Dumbeldore is wearing this scarf thing and I was inspired to make one out of the cheap flannel I have. I've been wearing it today, it's nice and toasty. I had to take the pictures myself because Waymond's speaking at church tomorrow so he's been a bit busy preparing. Not horrible pictures I guess!












































I think my next project is going to be making a zip-up the front hoodie out of a current hoodie I have, but don't wear much. I bought it a couple of years ago at Old Navy on clearance. I figure since I don't wear it much if I ruin it I won't be too sad. I bought a zipper today at JoAnn's. We'll see how far my skills extend!

If you want to hear Waymond's preach tomorrow go to our church's website, www.ncctacoma.org and click the podcast link. And while you are on the site, please admire Waymond's handy work - he created the site.

Been sewing

Here's my latest creation - Pajama Pants! I bought the flannel the day after Thanksgiving when JoAnn's had it on sale for $1.49 a yard. Stacy, at work, suggested I use a favorite pair of pj's as my pattern and it totally worked! I am wearing them now and they are so soft and comfy!























This is my first time with button holes. I read up on how to in my sewing machine manual and I practiced on a scrap piece of material. Not too bad, I think a bit of beginner's luck!
















The flannel is space monkey's and little aliens in rocket ships. Very cute! I have some left and am trying to decide what else to make.

The newest

I've been wanting to try my hand at a skirt, but haven't found the time. Waymond gave me one of his old pairs of jeans to play around with. And, after browsing at a few blogs this is what I created today. I'm going to wear it tomorrow to work and hopefully my handy work will hold! I'm going to try it with my new fancy boots I got for Christmas!

I have to admit it was harder than I thought. I kept putting them on and trying to figure out the best way to bring them in a bit and add some length. I'm excited to see what I come up with next. I'm going to try to master a button hole and zipper this year!

Ice Cream maker

Waymond broke in our ice cream maker last night. He made some Orange Dream Ice Cream from our Ben & Jerry's cookbook.

Resolutions

I've never been big on New Year's Resolutions. However, a couple of years ago when we were still in KC I worked with this guy who didn't make resolutions either, but he liked to evaluate his life. And, I thought, that's a good idea. So I've been doing a bit of evaluation lately. I'm going to be a bit less busy this year. I have a bad habit of filling ALL my time. So, I'm going to try to be a bit more relaxed in the scheduling department and use my free time well! Being sick for the first week of the year has really helped! I read The Alchemist in two days! I might have been able to finish it in one day, but all the breaks for blowing my nose took a good part of the days!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all! I started the New Year sick, but am feeling much better today!

Here's a few pic of us from Christmas. We got many more amazing gifts, but too much to put all pictures in:

Waymond got this awesome "interactive" journal:

















Waymond also got a DS. He's been enjoying figuring it out:

















Leigh got a nice light right rain jacket, (Waymond's fancy photography skills):






















Leigh got some new boots! They are so comfy and warm!

Merry Christmas

Sorry, no Christmas card this year, but enjoy this creation:






















Please also enjoy this Christmas album (some people from Joplin, MO). You can either just listen online or download it for free! Enjoy by clicking here!

The legendary lego advent calendar

So here's a few shots of Waymond Legendary Lego Advent Calendar. Sorry, no baby Jesus people! He has been enjoying opening a box every day. I guess it's making a City scene. He's let me open two! I feel honored!!

The Gingerbread House

This is really our only tradition, making a Gingerbread house each year. I'm not exactly sure how we got started doing it, but we've been doing it for the last eleven years!! Here's this year's masterpiece.

I personally like the addition of the coconut on the roof. It's the first time we've done that. And, you can't really tell, but we have icing and coconut on the ground. It looks like snow.

Christmas Decorating

We finally took a moment to put up our Christmas tree and Christmas decorations. It took us all of about 30 minutes! Needless to say we have few decorations and our tree is about 3 feet high and is pre-lit. I like it that way!

My friend Stacy made the pink star at the top. It's really cute!











These are ornaments, but I put them on the mantel because they are just so darn cute! It's funny that I think snowmen are so cute, but I don't like snow at all. Funny.

The bazaar

The craft bazaar didn't go too well, yesterday. There were plenty of vendors, the place was full; however one major problem, not many other people came! We had a couple of friends stop by and I think a few people from the neighborhood stopped by but not many other people! Our biggest hit, which was a second thought were the crayon's Waymond & I made. I think because some people had kids with them it was an easy and cheap thing for their kids to have! At the end of the day I did only have one bag left, which was nice. But I only sold one journal! Sad!




























Our table looked great! And I had a good time with Stacy & Waymond all day, but it would have been nice to sell a few more things!
































Stacy made some awesome polar fleece hats and 12th men scarves. I thought they'd be gone super quickly, but I guess we didn't have that clientele.



















Waymond made us these handy racks to hang our bags & scarfs on!

New item

Waymond's mom bought us composter! I'm so excited to fill it!

Craft Bazaar

Me and a girl at work, Stacy, are sharing a table at a Craft Bazaar this Saturday the 5th! I'm excited, but have been busy trying to get all my projects wrapped up. Waymond has been a HUGE help! Here's some photos. Plus I'm making some bags & Stacy is making onesies, baby booties and scarves. I'll take some more photos on Saturday.

Lego calendar day one

Here's Waymond opening his first door of his Lego advent calendar!















It's the guy on the left in the picture. He has "snow balls."















We also got a Lego Christmas tree ornament @ the Lego store! But since our tree isn't up yet we've set it up on the calendar.