Christmas Gift - Debbie

I always have a hard time

deciding what to get someone

for a gift....even

my best friends.

But I always seem to

know what to make them...

haha

makes sense, right?

I remember Debbie remarking on

one of these somewhere so I

just made her one.

Piece of wood.

Off white paint

Burlap

brown ribbon

tan button

and

a

cross.

 

I think she liked it.

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The Box

I am behind on a Christmas

gift for my friend

Theresa.

Thank goodness she

don't read my blog!

Anyway, I got to working

on it again today.

I had this stained wood that

I had removed from my pantry.

and with the saw I bought

for my retirement gift I

cut the wood I needed a

month ago.

Today I finally got it

together.

I will need to hit the two end

pieces with some stain.

.

The jars I got a couple years

ago for 49 cents at Goodwill.

But I am not done.

I will be finishing it off tomorrow.

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Dakota's Toy

My BUD.

My best friend.

He brings me

laughter,

he keeps

me company

and he stays by

my side when I am sick.

Dakota

He can't stand a toy that

has a squeaker in it.

They never last long.

This is what happens to

said toys.

And after that activity ...

he sleeps!

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Nieces and Nephews - Old Brothers Side

 For Christmas the

kids wanted to do

pics for Ray and Lori,

my mom and Lori's mom.

of all them together.

Of course the day

we did it was at

nine in the morning,

on the lake

at it was barely

20 degrees.

haha..

Left to right back row:

Chase, Sean, Adam and Cobi

Left to right front row:

Jessica, Paige, Susan and

my great nephew Cole.

Brothers and sister:

Paige, Chase and Cobi

Brother and sister:

Sean and Jessica

Married into the family:

Adam - Paige's hubby

and Susan- married to Chase

Cobi and Cole

Chase and Susan with

Cole

Isn't Cole adorable?

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Christmas Ornaments Over the Years - Friends

In the other post the other

day I was showing pics

of ornaments I made

for family and myself.

These were made for my best friend,

Mama Jo (her mom) and her

grandson Austin that she was

raising.

Here are some that I made

for Mama Jo

Austin from birth till

2000

And Debbie.

I think my fav of all of

these is the snowman head.

Oops....never realized that 1996 and 1998

are the same....

Yikes.

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Don't Judge Me....

While wrapping packages

for

Christmas

I

RAN

out of

scotch tape

and

used

this

Don't judge me!

Haha

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Christmas Gifts

Years ago as a family my

brothers, sis in laws and I

decided to not do gifts

with each other and

just focus on our

kids and grandkids and

mom.

This year I sort of broke

that rule...

My brothers are always

doing for me and

always concerned about

my health and taking care

of me.

I wanted to do something

really neat for them.

I saw this on PINTEREST

a while back and thought

how cool they

were.

They had Mark and Ray's

name on them as far as

I was concerned.

I think they both liked

them.

My sis in law Kim got the cat

painting.

With the center of the cat missing according

to Mark!

And Lori being a quilter I thought

this would be perfect

for her.

Enjoy making and giving.

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Ornaments Over the Years

My son was born in 1987

and either that year or the next

I started making both my daughter

and son's Christmas ornaments.

I was big into cross stitch and there

was some really adorable patterns

around. And then again...some

I altered to make my own.

My son's ornaments are stored away

for the day he is ready for me

to send them to him in

California.

I recently learned that thru

a move my daughters were lost

a few years ago.

Just breaks my heart.

The ornaments started very simple,

just for my son and daughter.

Then later I added me to that

list.

The list grew.

I decided to add my nieces and nephew's,

my brothers and sis in laws

(usually one to share)

and friends.

Yep the list grew.

The last year that I made

everyone an ornament I

figured out of the 25 I made

I had well over 60 hours in them.

I decided to stop.

Since then I have done a few here

and there.

Here are some pics of only a few...

My nephew Chase.

He raced craftsman trucks under

the 98 number so I just did a simple

truck with his number.

I think 2000 must have been my last year to

make the ornaments. This

was Chase's that yr.

The best was the year he got

his license to drive.

When my daughter got hers

I copied and made a pattern

to match the license.

Chase got one from that pattern.

Keep in mind I have 3 nephews and

3 nieces so I don't have pics of

ones I did for each one of them.

Holly....

my youngest brothers child.

Year #1

the next yr.

(and they are all dated)

1997

Check out the hair on this one...

Some how or another when I was taking

pics of these on my brothers tree a couple

years ago I missed Holly's 1999 one.

So here is 2000

I also took pics of some I made

my brother and sis in law while

I took pics of Holly's.

1993

There was a space and time there that

I skipped for some odd reason

cause this one was from

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

When my grandkids came along

I also did some for them.

Those being some that

was also lost with

my daughters ornaments.

But then later came my

great nephew and I

started some for him.

Coles first year 

 The problem with not doing

these every years is the years

do skip around.

But with that said I might not

cross stitch my grandkids,

my kids,

or my great nephew an

ornament but they get

one that I have made another

way or I bought specially for them.

Tonight, not being able

to sleep I decided I needed

to take pics of mine.

Looks like I started mine

in 1995.

Loving hot air balloons I

just had to make this one.

1996   

1997

And loving clowns...

I had to do this one

1998

1999

2000

But as I sit here tonight and look

over these knowing that one

year my grandchildren,

my nieces and nephews

and my great nephew

will one day be putting these

on their tree with their families

and remembering that they

were special enough to me

for me to have made these

for them...

I think I will start this tradition

back up for next year.

What do you think?

Also, there are several through out the

years that I made Baby's first Christmas

ones for showers.

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come again,