Sewing for my Boys

With some our tax return money we bought a Serger!  I've been planning on sewing new blankets for all my kids and decorating their rooms for a long time.  With the new machine I was chomping at the bit to get going on this project.  I made coordinating quilts for Charlie and Lincoln who share a bedroom.  I did a superhero theme.  It was a lot of work, but it was a fun project and the boys loved seeing the progress I made each day.  And may I say that the Serger made this project to quick and relatively easy!  I love it my new machine!  I used my silhouette to cut out all the Superhero logos which I appliqued to quilt squares.  I came up with custom Superhero logos for each boy.  Lincoln said he's a Fire Ninja.  So his logo is a red ninja on a black background.  Charlie said he'd be super fast and his favorite animal is an eagle.  So his logo is a diving yellow eagle on a green background.  I also made red and blue curtains for their room.  Now to just decorate!    

Holidays

Here's a quick recap of our Holiday season.

 This year we went to our town Harvest Festival. It had games, face painting, food and a hey ride to a pumpkin patch.  Each of us got a pumpkin that we carved right before Halloween.  This year Carson was a vampire, Alaina was a unicorn (of course), Charlie was Spider-man and Lincoln was Optimus Prime.  We also participated in our ward trunk or treat which was fun!   

 We continued our tradition of getting a real tree for Christmas.  We went to a local tree lot to pick one out together.  Decorating the tree together was a controlled chaos as always but a time spent together.  

 It was fun to bake Christmas goodies for our friends and neighbors this year.  Alaina is getting more and more into cooking which means I have a baking buddy now!

 The kids with their presents.

 Tony and I celebrating our 16th Anniversary!

Easter was a laid back holiday.  We had Tony's family over for dinner and an Easter Egg Hunt.  It was windy but warm which we were thankful for.