Christmas Stockings

ryan and i have never had any christmas stockings. i went to a friends house and saw some that she made. they were so adorable. she told me that she could show me how to make some. so that's what we did yesterday. this is my first sewing craft. i am so proud of myself. that's no joke.

thanks my friend! :)

Oh Christmas Tree...

this is our first time to go out in the forest and cut down a christmas tree. ryan and his family used to do it, but i only partly remember doing it like maybe one time when i was young.
it meant a lot to me and i hope we can have it as a family tradition.  
(thanks jeff v. for driving us all the way there and packing our tree all the way back)

  
jeff found his tree first and it was a lot taller than it looked at a distance....

i think it was around 11 feet. but it was such a good looking tree, ryan and i got a little jealous. and so we were really on the hunt to find our perfect tree. not just any tree... a very tall tree. to fit in our very tall ceiling home. we drove up and down the road and up and down and back and forth. but then... we found one.


12.5 feet tall.

the tea room....

a week and a half ago i went and hung out with my mom. she works so much i don't get to see her very often. but this time i had a car (thanks to the stokers) so i was able to say, "can i come over?" we went to a little place that my mom calls "the tea room"... why? i'm not sure, cause its really called "miss tami's cottage". 

we had the southwest club and the monte cristo. SOO GOOD. our table acted like a lazy susan, so it made it easy to share our sandwiches. although, i don't think it was supposed to turn like that.

we got a little silly in this place. it was a good thing they let us have our own room by the fake fireplace and the creepy santa and mrs. clause.

we were leaving and 2 ladies were shocked when they found out that my mom was indeed my mom, rather than a sister. she pretty much LOVED that. I forgot to tell you mom, that my friend saw some pictures of us on my wall and she thought you were a sister too. :) thanks for this day. it was so much fun. XOXO

we wish you a merry christmas!

love,

charly, mom, mr. and mrs. santa creeps