HomeWe enjoyed family Christmas at Granny’s today. Plenty of food, as evidenced by the spread on the table. We exchange names and each make or purchase a gift for one person and donate the rest of our Christmas budget to charity. Gifts were opened in alphabetical, not order of the presents order of names.
Granny opened her gift first. Jeff made her a coolie photo frame for Granny out of an old laptop and a shadow box from a local craft store. She also received a gift card for a local grocery super-store.
I opened my gifts next. I received a bunch of wonderful little things from Mom Proefrock with custom poems written just for me with many of the gifts. She made me a wonderful bag to take into the garden to hold my tools, but I like it so much that I’m toying with using it as a knitting bag.
Jason’s dad bought him a gun vise to hold rifles and whatnot while he cleans, disassembles, assembles and modifies them. He had his Christmas toy out on the living room floor within 10 minutes of being home.
Jeanne received a beautiful wall hanging made by Julie. Jeff and Jeanne purchased a new house a few months ago and needed something to hang on a particular wall. Julie took note when she was last there. Last year, Julie made all of the girls centerpieces as well, she’s quite talented with flowers, leaves, branches and things.
From Josh, Jeff received several books of of a wishlist and a Yoda bobblehead. Josh is quite talented with wrapping paper, you’ll have to see the pictures.
Josh juggles among many other talents. Fall of ’06 I purchased a book of patterns for puzzleballs, which in my opinion, make wonderful juggling apparatus. I hoped I would receive Josh’s name for Christmas, but since I didn’t, I shared my book with Jason. We used some of the fabric we decorate our tables with at the wedding. Josh is the proud owner of three new juggling balls, a loom-knit felted hat and a Bible (which hadn’t arrived as of family Christmas).
Among her above listed talents, Julie also scrapbooks. Granny found an adorable tote for scrapbook supplies (which I originally thought was a gardening bag because I received a gardening bag) and 12×12 set of three drawers for holding paper. She was also given some beautiful white slippers to keep her feet warm.
Mom was the next to open her gifts. Jeanne put together many photos in a really coolie frame as well as loading up an electronic tree ornament full of pictures. I think Jeff and Jeanne had a theme to their gifts memories in photo, very cool.
My Christmas person was Dad, I knit him a pair of tall socks that were red and cream and reloaded 200 rounds of 38 special. Jason had to teach me how to make them, so really, I only made 198 or 199.
Jeff and Jeane wrote a wonderful account of Christmas and posted many pictures.
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