Pine Cone Birdfeeders

For the New Year's Holiday, I decided to do something nice for the birds. This is one of my favorite crafts

We made Pine Cone Bird Feeders, and the whole family joined in. We spread peanut butter on the pine cones and rolled them in bird seed. Simple. (and messy)

I also made Frozen fruit ornaments for the birds to pick away at. I just plopped frozen fruit into muffin pans, and filled with water. I put the string into the water so it would freeze and make a hanger. Easy Peasy.

fruit ornaments

i love my men

snowball fight!!

Who doesn't Love a Blanket Fort

During winter break, Gabriel was a bit under the weather, so we weren't able to really go out much. 

We still had a good week.

writing treasure maps on their glow pad

Giddy's chocolate face from the pirate treasure i gave them

goofy faces

Winter Wonderland outside our Window

This was a gorgeous snow! I was so thankful to have such a perfect view of it in my warm, cozy apartment.

Look at how huge the snowflakes are!

Little Men

I didn't get very many photos for Christmas, but I had to capture my little men in their Christmas outfits.

Homemade Gifts for Christmas

No matter what gifts I buy for my family, I always like to make something for them too. This year was a crochet year. I am bottom at reading crochet code, so pretty much everything I make has to be very simple.

I found some cotton yarn at the Dollar Tree, can't beat that, so I got a bunch.

 I learned how to make coasters from Crochet Geek

Crochet Coaster Tutorial Part 1

Crochet Coaster Tutorial Part 2

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Mommy and Daughter scarves

skinny scarves 

another set of mommy and daughter scarves

coasters and dishcloths

coaster set

one of my favorite scarves 

it was fun passing out these little gifties at Christmas

Anniversary Date

Jeffie and I got married on December 20th, 2002. I love how cool the date looks 12-20-02.

We got to have a little date, and went to dinner, and drove around wasting time, before heading home. We were passing the lights on the Strongsville town square and decided to stop. I'm so glad we did.

one of the houses we passed, such pretty decorations this year

Jesus is the Reason

It has been a very, very wet winter

This tunnel had lights that made it looked like dripping icicles!

Jeffie and me <3

Cold Winter Outing

In celebration of Gabey and Giddy's new boots, we went to our favorite playground.

It was way too cold. We stayed for only a half an hour.

Gabriel at his Christmas Recital

My Gabriel singing at the Christmas Recital (top row, second from right)