Justin taught the girls to ride in the garden cart today. Unfortunately the pictures loaded backwards, but they are still cute. He started up at the shop, and loaded them into the cart, called me so I could see and take pictures, then he "drove" them all the way down to the house, and under the deck where the wood is stacked. It was so funny! They were so serious about it.
I found this pattern in my quilting magazine last year, and took it down to the store to find fabrics, and found these four, one is a cream with white print, the other is a darker cream with red flowers, and cinnamon red with dark cream flowers, and a brighter/darker red with cream flowers, and I knew they had to be this quilt. I am so excited with how this turned out. The quilting is an all over pattern, in red, then the center cream squares are a free form flower that I just cranked out by eye to fit the space. The back is a really cool japanese, mum flower pattern, that is red and white. I can say absolutely this is the best I have ever done. I made a cool purple quilt last year that I did really good on, but there were a couple bobbles on the back. But I think there is only 1 tiny bobble on the back of this one, and the rest is perfect. I'm so proud of myself! :) Love this quilt. Its a super king size, larger than normal, so that it almost touches the floor on all four sides of the bed, so they can fight over it, and tuck and roll, and the other guy won't freeze. :) I used a cotton batting, with a little polyester, that is really warm and super soft. Anyway, I'm very happy with it, and mom and dad love it! It goes great with the creamy/red colors in their room, very warm and friendly looking. 
Kitty's present didn't get done, so he had to suffice with a sparkly bow tossed at him. He wasn't so impressed, but that could have been because Mya was SUPER excited to open presents - this dog really gets the whole present opening thing. She doesn't get that they aren't all for her, but she does enjoy the process.
Before the ribbon.
Here's 2 showing "grandpa" her new baby doll. Sewed from old jeans, and stuffed with an old shirt cut up into little pieces. very durable and safe, in case they somehow tear them. 2's baby has purple hair, and a purple ribbon.
Mya chilling with her baby doll, her's has pink hair and a pink bow.
2 was terrified by the sound of the paper crackling, something from her past of being abused, not sure what happened, but anyway, she tried to crawl under Justin to hide, until he could show her it was a present.
No, that's not Mya's present, that's MINE! She stole it, and kept trying to take it out of my pile, guess she decided that all the presents wrapped in snow man paper were hers...
Blurry I know, but it was a blur of activity while they were trying to open their presents. Like I said, Mya really likes unwrapping.
Here is the beautiful rocking chair Justin built for me. The wood is from birch trees that dad logged, and our neighbor Ron sawed into lumber, and Justin made into a rocker for me. Pretty cool!!
Here's the genealogy/computer desk dad commisioned and Justin built. On each side is a shelf that slides out. the one on the left is for the scanner, the right is for the printer. So cool!! Mom was floored, she loved it, and it was a total surprise, because I was the master of keeping secrets this Christmas - and usually I'm really lame at present secrets - you can ask anyone. I get too excited. but since it was a small Christmas it was very important to me that the element of surprise be there, so I worked really hard, and let me say I rocked! hehehe. Justin did such a great job of building this, its absolutely gorgeous! 
Sniffing, always sniffing
Mya watching 2, making sure she didn't do anything Mya didn't approve of.
2 wallowing in the snow, she flops out in the snow, and stuffs her nose down as far into the snow as she can get it. This dog really loves snow!
We've had a lot of fog the last couple of days, and it froze to the trees, and made everything so pretty and white! I figured I better get some pictures before it melted, not that it was warm enough to melt anything today. brrrrrr
Susan a couple months ago. She turns 8 months old on the 8th of this month.
The ever earnest 2.
Mya, looking a little bored.
Some of our thanksgiving yummies.
