My Sweet Advent Calendar

On the last day of November–alllll those weeks ago- haha– April and Lily came over and gave me an amazing surprise.

Ok, yes, they brought me a yummy cinnamon roll that Lily made and some hot chocolate, but the REAL surprise was…..

this beautiful box…

with all it’s mysterious littler boxes….

that April’s family filled up with…

all kinds of magical Christmasy things!

There were candy canes and water bottle stickers and brown sugar fudge…

yummy lip gloss…

a soft, fluffy wash cloth…

and even a ridiculous Perfect Man made of chocolate.

Ohhhhh Aprilllll. Hahaha.

One box held heavenly soft plaid socks…

another had a chocolate marshmallow Santa–that only April and I truly appreciate. Heh.

There were lovely ornaments…

chocolates and more ornaments…

and MORE chocolate!!!

I especially loved the teeny, tiny Mrs. Claus cup ornament.

You know, I always wanted to be Mrs Claus when I grew up.

I’m not even kidding.

Best of all–each of those different boxes came with a sweet littleĀ  note from Hazel, Lily, Beckham, Jacob or April that I will love and cherish forever.

Thank you so much my sweethearts.

You made itĀ like Christmas every single day.

Happy Father’s Day!!

I made peanut butter cookies for the guys in my life–who are all so good and kind to their silly Mother-in-law. I love them all so much.

Happy Father’s Day Jacob, Nate & Josh!! You guys are the best!

And I mean it.

(Anybody want a peanut?)

Heh, heh.

Warrior Link

Jacob asked me if I could make a Link from Legends of Zelda—

only in full Warrior gear.

What an amazing challenge it was!

I had a pattern for the basic Link character–which I made for my grandson a while back…

but there was NOOOO pattern for this.

And you know, I think I loved it even more because I had to figure it all out myself.

Even down to the Korok seed in his back pouch…

and teeny earring in his pointed ears.

The skull mask was particularly fun with it’s hair, braids, teeth…

and creepy horns. Link even has his stomach tattoos and medallions.

A TON of work but I loved every second of it.

All for you Jacob!!

love,