my 3&(maybe)4

hello sweet sister!

I'm sorry this has taken me a lot longer than I'd like to post this!  here we are :).

Alright my first one is a definite YES.  There's no question of it counting because I totally played by the rules.  it's paper origami & I really like it.  I've been doing it a bunch with different types & weights of paper, and I think the thinnest paper is the easiest.  Here's the finished product:

 it's really easy to make.  My fingers hurt these days--the skin at the tips are all tender & irritated because of so much time on the computer.  isn't that weird?  Anyway, that means that doing anything with rough surfaces is frustrating on my fingers.  Also, paper sucks all the juice right out of your skin, so it's not a good thing.  That means that I love this craft and I hate this craft all at the same time.  I taught my friend Kristie how to do it last night, and that was a really sweet time.  Ok that's my #3.


Now onto number four.

If how much I like the stars were a 6, I'd like this next one a 60.  The problem is that I didn't really interact with pinterest for this one.  However, it's safe to say that I've spent so much time on there that pinterest doubtless helped with my:
     1. courage
     2. idea processing
     3. choosing scrabble tiles

I embroidered Becca's stocking!  I don't think she's seen the stocking yet, but I'm excited for her to.  If you remember, I made this baby right after last Christmas, but I never liked the Christmas tree I put on the front of it.  Also, Randy's stocking has a Christmas tree, so that's already taken (and we don't want to label all the in-laws as Christmas tree only).  So then I was talking with Mom about how nice it would be to do something with scrabble since she loves it so much, and then it came to us!  I really like it.  #4?  I think so.

haha and here is a perfect snapshot of what getting the tree ready was like at our house this year:

"hahahah Dad how in the world did that happen?  Anyway don't move!  I want to go get my iPad to take a picture!"

"I'm stuck..it' not like I could move if it wanted to"

In other news, Dad is getting sassier & sassier.  and loving it.  

We're all so excited to see you this Christmas!  it's coming soon!