home made Christmas

This year we had all the kids draw a name and that is who they would be giving a gift to. There was only one condition, it had to be homemade by them and not a bought gift from the store. In my mind I was thinking of them making a cute little paper craft or painting a picture, no big deal. So we started thinking of ideas of what they would do and they kept getting into bigger projects. I was so excited by their enthusiasm to make a gift for one of their siblings that I was willing to help them with whatever it was they wanted to do. I owe a HUGE thank you to my neighbor Michelle for letting us borrow her sewing machine so we could work on these projects. They all did such a beautiful job on them and to see their faces when they opened the present was such a wonderful thing. They were all so grateful for how much work their sister had put into making something for them. I think this will be a tradition we continue to do.

Katie tied a fleece blanket for Morgan


Morgan sewed an apron for Lacey


Tyece knitted a hat and scarf for Katie and sewed a rice pack for her


Ashley tied a fleece blanket for Beckham


Lacey tied a flannel blanket for Ty


Mikaiah helped sew and cut a blanket for Ashley


Beckham (me) sewed an apron for Kia