I hope everyone out there had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We sure did. Lots of food and visiting with Roger's family. His youngest brother wasn't there because he and his wife are in Africa riding their motorcycles around and seeing the country. I made these little turkeys for everyone out of cookies and candies. They turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself.
They are just a bit blurry, I think that was the one sitting next to our brother-in-law's wine glass. His eyes look a little weird, too. Hmmmm.
I made this necklace and earrings to wear to the Christmas program. I joined the Christmas choir and we have to sear black pants or skirt and a white top with something red.
The red beads are a beautiful color of red and faceted, so they reflect the light and seem to sparkle. The focal beady thingy (I don't know what it is called) I bought 2 years ago because I really liked it. I think it goes well with the beads. The black beads are shiny and faceted as well. I used silver-lined ruby aurora borealis seed beads between the larger beads.
I really like the earrings. They swing nicely.
I can wear the necklace as pictured above or doubled around my neck as in the photo below.
I haven't made up my mind yet..............I may need to find it before I can decide.
I also have some Christmas jewelry to put in my e-store. There is more green with the red in these pieces. This is a 3-piece set with necklace, earrings, and bracelet.
This bracelet is made with red and green swarovski crystals and silver delica beads.
a close-up.
The clasp is a red leaf button.
These wreath earrings would look nice with the above bracelet, I think.
They are made with the same size red and green swarovski crystals and delica beads.
These earrings swing nicely, too. This pair is mostly red with some green.
These are mostly green with some red.
I think the green bead has a small bubble in it. Hmm, I never noticed that before.
This next bracelet would go well with either of the last two sets of earrings.
The last pair of Christmas earrings that I have made.....so far.
We have been traveling for about 17 years (my how time flies) during the holidays and our children have kind of settled into their own routines for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So......we decided to have a family potluck in between both holidays so we could get them together and see them all at one time.......well, most of them anyway. Then Roger thought that if we also invited friends, we could visit with them as well............and there would be more food. We rented a building at Recreation Park in Chehalis. Roger went into town before I did to make sure there was an oven there that could handle both the lasagna and the chicken Alfredo (that we picked up in the freezer at the store). There was and he had tables and chairs set up and the fireplace turned on and the whole place warmed up by the time I got there. What a guy!! I made yummy gooey caramel cinnamon rolls and some spiced sugar cookies. All we had left at the end was a little bit of the chicken Alfredo.
Nice and cozy
While we were waiting for people to arrive, I played with the napkins. We had both Thanksgiving and Christmas napkins to celebrate both.
This is (from left to right) our grandson, Kyle, my mother, our son, Ken and his wife, Randi. Ken and Randi came early because they had to leave early. Kyle had a motorcycle race near Vancouver.
My niece, Jamie,
had some pretty fingernail polish.
Grandson Aaron and grandson Ryan. Ryan (the shortest one) is only 13 and already taller than me, the brat. Aaron is 6 foot. Ryan is our daughter Jen's and Aaron is our daughter Donna's. Aaron is also Brittany's brother.
Eric is the youngest grandchild at 6 years old. He will be 7 in February.
He's a good-lookin kid and the goofiest of them all. That makes him so lovable and exasperating at the same time....sometimes. He amuses me a lot. Sometimes he'll even give his old grandma a hug.
Our daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, P.J. Good picture. (He's goofy, too) he he (He puts peanut butter on hamburgers. If that isn't goofy, I don't know what is.)
Then there was our 4 month old great niece.....and all her funny faces. She is a happy baby. Her name is Nichole Vivian.
She is just so cute!!!!! and cuddly!!!!!!
She really loves her grandma, my sister, Pam........I think the feeling is mutual.
Roger's folks, both wearing blue, Les and Verna, Roger's uncle Bob (married to Verna's sister, Evelyn) and my mother.
Aunt Evelyn visiting with my mom.
My nieces, Jamie and Cheyenne, and my goofy sister, Pam. She's so cute!!!
Our pretty Princess Brittany with grandpa. Her son, Dominic (our adorable great grandson) and his daddy, Kyle.
Our friend, Melody played some Christmas music for us. She is such a sweetie.
Jen's two oldest boys and their girlfriends. From left to right: Melyssa and Danny; Kayla and Brandon. Both very good looking guys. Of course I'm not a bit prejudiced when it come to my grandchildren.
We had a thoroughly wonderful day. This was my first time trying to put something like this together and I learned a lot.................mostly about the things I forgot to bring. Lessons were learned, fun was had, and we went home exhausted and happy...............oops, we forgot to close the curtains before we left the key inside the building (like we were supposed to) and locked up. Another lesson, always check the check list before locking the door.
Until next time, God bless.
Lila
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