It's that time of year!!!

I love this time of year!!! Most of you know this!! I got to put up the Christmas decorations on Halloween this year. I am in the middle of exams right now, but I wanted to show the cute picture I got from my sister. It's my reminder of the holiday season!

I know, I know...

I know how far behind I am, I realize this. I have been meaning to sit down and update, but time just got away from me and now September is almost halfway done. Oh it's awful.

Anyway, I had a fun summer. My mom had surgery on her foot. Then, we went to Utah for a month. It was fun. I got to meet my new cute little nephew. It was fun to be out there to visit with my family and friends.

Here's a picture of Lucas. He was 3 months old at the time.

We spent one evening at Wheeler Farm having a picnic and letting Sabrina feed the ducks.


One thing that I did was I cut Marissa's hair off! Yes, she made the decision and I got to do it. She looks so cute. I also cut Aubrey's hair and Micaela's hair.

Spencer is such a typical big brother....but we still love him.We went to the cemetery where my dad is buried and Sabrina wanted to go, so she and grandma had a picnic.

She's getting to be such a big girl!

We went camping with the family while we were up there. It was so nice to be up in the mountains in nature away from the world, and to be together as a family.

Aaron is such a good dad to his kids. It's good to see him interacting with them. :)

Lucas loved the outdoors!! Debbie loved having him out there because he took wonderful naps and he slept all night. It made him a happy baby.

The night before we left, we went to get ice cream with Debbie's family. Sabrina was being silly with her ice cream, so of course I had to get a picture.

It was such a fun trip and am sad we had to leave. Hopefully we will see them again soon.

I'm an aunt again!!

My sister's baby came!!!! He was supposed to be here on the 24th via c-section, but he didn't want to wait. She was dilating and was told he needed to come on the 16th. So, he came!! He weighed 7 pounds 8.7 ounces and was 19 inches long. He's so cute. I'm excited to go see him this summer. Now I just need to work on his cross stitch and finish it.

New Project

So, for those that didn't know, I have a pregnant sister, Debbie. :) As you can see, this isn't a new announcement. She is due to deliver on April 24. She's having a boy. As a tradition for all my nieces and nephews I have made a counted cross stitch birth announcement for them. I'm a bit behind with this baby as I've been so busy with school, but it is going to be cute when it's done.
This is the one that Debbe and Aaron decided on for me to give to baby Lucas Marcello (not Kryshia Nicole as seen in the sample...no Aaron, I can put whatever you want on here). We will all be so excited when he makes his debut in the world. Also excited to see how Sabrina handles having a baby around the house. :)

Snow! Snow! Snow!

So, we have been hit with so much snow here. It amazes me. In fact there is so much that the stores don't know what else to do with it to clear out their parking lots. This is Karen standing in front of a "bank" of snow. I love the snow and I must say, I'm in heaven. I know I drive people crazy. HA!!

Rest of trip to Utah

Ok, ok, i've drawn it out long enough. :) We had a fun New Year's. And the day before we left, I was asked to cut Sabrina's hair. She was such a good customer. She sat very still while I cut it and then after asked me to fix it, so I did. I didn't get any pictures of it, but then I started having fun with her and Tami's hair. I'm good at that. We all got a good laugh. It was a fun trip.

Play Time with Sabrina

On Sunday, December 28, while Sabrina and I were waiting for her mom to take a shower, we played with her new tools. It was funny to watch her put the belt on and really want all the tools to go into it where they were supposed to go. Then, she wanted to use her screwdriver to put the screw into the wood. She is so funny when she gets something in her head of how to do something.