351 days until Christmas

Yes, my advent series was a fail...sorry for that!

Part of the problem is that I can`t upload pictures. What is the deal with that? 

So now we have a new year, trying to get back to normal.
Normal cleaning schedule, normal kids activities, normal school work.
Sigh
I love Christmas holidays.  I love all the decorations, the company, the food that we don`t normally get to have.  I love the special music, I love it all!

I didn't make any  Christmas cards this year.  I just couldn't find the time.  I did end up making one prototype, but I never did get back downstairs to produce them.  I did do a bunch of knitting though!  I know, weird, right?  I taught myself to knit and crochet almost 10 years ago, but was never very good at knitting.  I am not very fast at it, and it takes too long to make anything by knitting in my opinion.  So I have gotten pretty good at crocheting, but really haven't knit at all in a really long time.
Anyway, this new ruffle yarn makes making a fancy scarf really quick and easy! So I made about 10 scarves this year, using different kinds of ruffly yarn!

Here is a pic!

 Isn't that a neat picture?  I think they turned out great, and they were fast too, except the red one I made for my mother in law. It took a long time!  but it turned out nice so that's okay!  I made another brown one too that is for my youngest sister, but I guess it never made it into a picture, and one with really pretty spring colours for a very good friend of mine.  I am working on a pink one now too, but it also is taking a long time, and since Christmas is over I guess there is no pressure, so I haven't worked on it for days!
LOL!
I also made a decorative framed wall hanging for our family's gift exchange on my husband's side.  This is it.
I really liked how it turned out too - I have been working on my own that says FAMILY for over a year!  LOL, I managed to finish this one though. 



Here are some of our pictures from Christmas!

 Look at these kids, I am so blessed, seriously, I can't believe I get to be their mom!

 Toddler got a Mickey Mouse from Florida to go with her Minnie Mouse we got her from California last year.  Now they are a coast-to-coast couple!

 Dash got the Incredibles, she was very happy with it, but her favorite present was the one pictured below....

 A real Ukulele!  She was so excited! She just loves it.  I need to be diligent to teach her using the book that came with it so she can learn to play a song while it is still exciting!

 Princess really wanted the new Jonathon Park CD set, so we got her that!

And the oldest two got normal stuff, shoes, a movie you know, nothing too exciting, just good stuff!
What did you get for Christmas?