Santa and God

Place: Micah's room. He's stalling as I'm starting to close the door.
M: Mom, is Santa real?... or do you just put stuff in there (the stockings)?
Me: What do you think?
M: I think he's real. Because I've heard him say Ho Ho Ho! in my heart before.
Me: He's in your heart?
M: Yeah. Right next to God.

No excuses...

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. A month hiatus from blogging? That is uncalled for. Let me give you a sampling of the last month in a nutshell.

Snow Week: That snow day in my last blog turned out to last the whole week before winter break. Fun but crazy at the same time. For the second snow storm we decided to get snowed in at my parents' house in Wilsonville. I brought my sewing machine and decided to take up quilting.

These first two quilts came from a kit. It came with all the necessary fabric and I just had to cut and sew. Then I took the left over pieces and made this third quilt.

Then I took more left over pieces and made this fourth quilt.

(don't ask... I really don't have an answer)

I liked the quilts enough, but they weren't quite what I wanted for my friends' baby shower coming up, so I decided to start over. I took my mom's log cabin quilting book and started from scratch. These are the results:

This past weekend I flew down to Texas to see Joy and Andrea (good friends from College) and to celebrate their upcoming arrivals.

Here is a picture of us with their quilts.

We had a great time reminiscing about college pranks and updating each other with post-college stuff.

Christmas was great. We spent lots of time with family. Good Times.

I think we were all excited to get back to school last week. Holidays are fun, but there is something comforting in having routine and schedule.