Well getting ready for christmas has been a lot of work, but a lot of fun. I had made all the gifts for Sara and Sam's family, and I just finished my last big project, a quilt for Dick. I think it turned out quite well. the under side is patchwork, and this is the top. It is a look inside Dicks workshop. I really hope he likes it, it took a lot of time. I had to hand stitch around all the fancy stuff (tools, saw, person, pig, bull horn, and the barbwire, which I also embroidered. After it is all said and done, It has been a lot of fun, I had started to forget how crafty I can be.

Thanksgiving was so great this year. We all got together over at Andrew and Brenda's house. Everyone made something, and we did sort of a potluck style meal which made it a bit easier for all of us. The food was great and the company was even better. Brenda's parents and brother were there also which was great. We all got to know them a little better. Another highlight was we all got to meet Little Lincoln. It was fun passing him around and giving him love.

Well we have been pretty busy lately, but I figured I had better fill in some blanks for the past month. The 20th of November was my birthday. Chris didn't seem to have anything planned, so I told him I would like him to take me out to dinner. He had said he would. So all day I waited for our little date thinking Chris was at work. Our friend Kenyan had called, and asked if we could come and help him move a few things over to his new place, I had said yes thinking that this would put us on time to go to dinner. When we were finished Chris told me that he didn't want to go to dinner any more and that he would just prefer to go home. This made me quite frustrated, and luckily for Chris David had called on the drive home to wish me a happy birthday. Chris would have heard my frustration the whole way home if it hadn't been for David. I had talked with David the whole way back from Boise, I got off the phone right as we turned down ten mile. Then I started telling Chris how bummed I was that he wasn't taking me to dinner. We pulled into the driveway and went inside, and of course my sweet Chris had a party planned for me there. Needless to say I felt like a turd and had to apologize. We had a great time. Hannah and Chris had made a bunch of great food, made a pinata, and a game of pin the tail on the donkey. We had so much fun, and ended the night off with a game of Cranium. Thank you Chris for being so sweet to me and making my birthday so much fun. I love you.