Okay Okay, I'm still here

Sorry about that little breather I took. We're still alive here in our little corner of the world. We survived Christmas, but it was just barely I tell ya. I cut it close this year. I did these Santa shoots with a few different families (mom dresses up like Santa, but you never see Santa's face bla bla) I'm sure you wouldn't like to hear the details. By the time I finished those up I still had THREE whole days until Christmas! That's a ton! LOL! Sarcasm sarcasm sarcasm

If you were to have come to my house during that time you would have found the following: Me with bloodshot eyes (that's from staying up practically all night for the last three months), three weeks worth of dirty laundry sorted and all over the kitchen floor, the washer and dryer running day and night to catch up with the dirty laundry, fabric strewn all over the living room (I'm sewing for Christmas duh!), string everywhere (from sewing duh!), dirty dishes all over the kitchen with the dishwasher running its third load and me on my computer trying to order Christmas gifts from Amazon (free Amazon Prime trial baby!).

The good news is I PULLED IT OFF! YE-HAW! It was a very memorable Christmas! I even sewed the most awful/horrible nightgown for Sami and the best part is she LOVED it! No pictures will ever be shown of it though because it was THAT ugly.

I sewed 14 pillow cases for my primary class (scripture rocks and pillow cases. You know you want one.) I helped my kids sew a pair of jammies for Trevor that said Worlds Greatest Dad or something like that on the fabric. They were super excited for that, even though Sami and Phoebe were so excited that they spilled the beans to him before we had even sewed them, and last but not least I sewed the cutest quilt ever. It was so stinking cute. It went to my sister Laura who came and had Christmas here with us! I love hand-made gifts. Nothing says "I love you" better than something you've put your blood sweat and tears into.

a christmas update

It has been a while hasn't it. I'm typing this from my phone. Just so you know. I haven't posted anything because blogger won't let me post pictures anymore. As in I'm out of room. I feel really frustrated about it which is why it's been so long. But if you have any ideas about why it's not letting me upload photos and how to fix it, please share.

I finished up the last of my photo shoots on thursday and promptly got out the sewing. I've got projects to finish by Christmas! I have been watching all the news about the Sandy Hook shooting and it gives me extreme anxiety. I wish there was an alternative I felt better about than sending my kids off to school.

I've been considering making my blog private. I would be able to write more personal things on here. I would probably just invite family too. I don't know. I hate private blogs.

Also we are not pregnant yet. It is extremely frustrating. This month marks the one year anniversary of the last time I found out I was pregnant.