Happy New Year!!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year. Emma came over and spent New Year's eve with us so that was the extent of our celebrating.  She did ring in the New Year by staying up past midnight. 


Nick left on New Year's day to head back to Mexico where he is working with an organic farming co-op in Juluchuca.  He moved into an apartment in the city of Zihuatenajo before coming home for Christmas and was ready to get back there and get settled in before Jeff and I go down there to visit next week.

My niece, Amber, Nick and her son, Levi

We had a nice Christmas with family and friends.  We celebrated Christmas Eve at my Mom's home. Christmas Day, Ashlee, Emma and Dominic came over and opened presents. Emma was so much fun this Christmas. She liked opening presents and would stop and play with each one. It took awhile for her to get them all opened...lol

Emma modeling her new purse, beads and bracelets

Christmas quilt - fits a king-size bed

 Several years ago, I won a Christmas quilt top from a local quilt store in Oklahoma City during a shop hop. Well this past summer, I finally bought the backing for it and Danna (my sister-in-law) and I put it on the quilting machine so I could start quilting it. Well, I never did get time to get it started, but Danna would go to the studio and work on it. So the week before Christmas Danna comes by one evening and she hands me the quilt. It is beautiful!!!!!! She did so much more quilting on it than I would have done. I am one lucky gal to have such a wonderful sister-in-law in my life.
 
 Well that's my Christmas holidays this year. Enjoyed time spent with Nick, Ashlee, Emma, Dominic and Jeff and time spent with my Mom and my brothers and their families that live here.

Getting ready for tax season, but first will be taking a trip to Mexico for a couple of weeks. I hope to do some posts on my blog while I'm there. So check back when you can.

Be sure and check out our etsy shoppe..prairiemoonprimitve. Ginger lists new stuff all the time. I'm working on some things and hope to list them in the next day or two.

Have a wonderful week and always wear a smile.


Blessings....patijane

Time for family and friends!!!

 

Last week flew by and I'm sure this

week will do the same. 

Hope everyone has finished their

shopping. I'm not quite done

yet, but should finish 

in the next few of days.

As promised in my last post, I did finally finish 

Emma's 1st birthday (July 13) rug.

Of course, I don't have it bound yet, but

I am so glad to be finished. 

Pink is NOT my color.

Last Tuesday (Dec 13) was our monthly

rughooking gathering.

Everyone brought a handmade gift 

to play "dirty Santa".

I hooked a tree on wool and

filled it with greenery.

Jean got mine.

Sandra's back,Kay, Cynthia,Ann, & Ginger

Carol, CJ, & Jean

Sandra

We had a wonderful day together

laughing and enjoying 

lots of food and fun

And I have to show you this Santa!!!

It was hooked by Carol.

Isn't it beautiful!!!!

I received some wonderful presents also

from my two bestest friends!!

 Sandra dyes the most beautiful colors.

Aren't these yummy!!!

Wonderful gifts from Ginger, too!!!

I forget to take a picture

but if you notice the striped fabric

in this picture, it it actually the

top of a light/ironing table.

 Ginger's husband built it

for me. 

I am one lucky girl to have such 

wonderful friends.

I am part of a wonderful group 

on eBay, AAPG. We do

secret Santa swap every year

and Kathy(Woolfind)

had my name. 

As you can see, Santa was very 

good to me and Emma.

Nick got home Friday(Dec 16) evening 

and we have been enjoying

time with him.

He was afraid Emma wouldn't remember him,

but she wasted no time in getting

him to color and read with her.

Oklahoma weather is so unpredictable.

It has been in the 50's and 60's

the last few days.

We have received some good

rains though which is

helping the drought situation.

Emma was enjoying the water puddles!!!

Have a great week and enjoy

the holidays with

family and friends.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!

Blessings.....patijane

One More Week...

and Nick will be home for Christmas.  Looking forward to seeing him and spending time with family and friends.

 Don't you just love this snowman pillow?  Joanne was doing a giveaway on her blog and I was one of the lucky winners. She hooked it on a piece of wool and it is simply wonderful. I love it!!!!!  Thank you so much, Joanne. Tell the boys thank you too!!!

I have been hooking on Emma's rug that I started in June and am almost finished.  I will post a picture in a day or two. This is the pattern that Frank Bielec drew from a picture I had of Emma at Tyler Rug Camp in May.  I was supposed to have it finished by her first birthday (July 13) but it didn't happen. I think because it is "pink". So watch for it in the next post.

Jeff and I went to a Christmas celebration he read about in the paper at Perkins, OK last Thursday evening. It is a small town and I think everyone was there to celebrate. They served frito chili pie, homemade desserts and hot cocoa.  It was at the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza.  Several old buildings that had been moved there and restored were open to walk thru. Santa arrived on the local fire truck and kids were lined up waiting to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. We even took a hayride through a nearby neighborhood.  It was a nice evening trip!!

Ashlee had pictures of Emma made with angel wings.  Emma wasn't too impressed with them at first, but the photographer did get some good shots.

Well, I hope to get a Christmas tree this weekend and get some decorating done. Started my Christmas shopping and hope to do a little bit more this weekend, too.  Hope to get some baking done too.

A cold front came thru this evening and I hope it stays cold for awhile. I like the cold weather especially during Christmas time. 

Have a great weekend and enjoy time with family and friends.

Blessings....patijane