What a wonderful weekend with Ashley! It was fifty degrees when she arrived and below zero when she left. I guess that's December. We hung out together, relaxed, slept very well and caught up on life as we prepared for Christmas. I just love it when the kids come to visit. It just feels so homey to share home with family! We spent most of the time at home but did go out each day.
We went to the fabric store and started a Christmas project. The fabric you see in this photo should be two quilted tree skirts by this time next year. We are trying to be realistic about our expectations. Neither of us is very crafty but we will have fun with this and create some memories too. My current tree skirt was hand made with a good friend about twenty five years ago. It may be time for a new one!
We did some Christmas shopping together. It was nice to help each other with ideas and choices. I got lots of wrapping done in the evening while we watched a movie at home.
Dale took us out to a movie on Sunday, Four Christmases. It was cute and a nice break from all the kitchen work. The windchill was so awful when we left the theater that it took our breath away. It was good to get home and hit the kitchen again and turn on the oven.
We made sausage won ton stars, freezing most of them and eating a few for lunch. We made chocolate mint cookies and enjoyed the melting swirls of the mints on top. We made caramel corn to send home for Travis since he missed out on all the fun. We did have fun and made good progress on our Christmas preparations.
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