Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Holiday Happenings
Holiday Happenings
We tried to do spend December doing as many fun Christmas things as possible. We looked at Christmas lights, we made these yummy gingerbread cookies for Family Home Evening one night, we wrapped presents, drank hot chocolate, and of course made a gingerbread house. This was obviously way more exciting to me than to Kason. I stressed about it for days. I wanted to have all the right materials and I wanted it to be perfect! Kason however, just wanted to build something and handed over the frosting 5 minutes after it fell apart the first time. Boys are so silly :) He was very understanding of my OCD however and he was a great watcher! There is something about having the perfect gingerbread house ya know? It was fun doing it together and making a mess of the frosting. We loved how it turned out and he literally had to pep talk me into throwing it out when Christmas was over. That was a rough day ha ha ha!
I am SO proud of our stockings and so proud to say that I made them myself! With of course a tiny bit of help from my mom. We didnt have a pattern and so I was a little lost and so she helped me get the stocking part done and when I got home I decided it would be cute to make them a little more personal. I hand stitched our names and the edges and they were so cute! Perfect in fact and I loved how special they were to both of us. I couldnt help but get emotional as I finished Kasons name and showed him (probably more so because it was late) but also because I am so happy we are married and he is all mine and we get to spend all these wonderful moments in life together. I also told him when I was finished that I was NOT ready to hand stitch another one so he better keep the babies clear for a little longer! :)
Another tradition we started this year was Christmas Eve pajamas. However, anyone who knows me, knows it wouldnt be enough to go to JC Penny and buy the pajamas (like everyone kept suggesting) I wanted to make them! I went and picked out the fabric which was of course a lifetime event for me. I just couldnt decide and I wanted them to be not girly, but cute, whew I think that was close to the hardest part! I had my sweet Grandma Beaumont (Blackmon) help me figure out everything and she is such a great teacher! She was telling me to do things that werent even in the pattern. How the heck are people supposed to know how to do them... if they arent in the pattern! I guess you just have to have a super fabulous grandma there to help! Once we got them cut out, she figured the rest would be pretty easy and my mom should be able to guide me through it... (did I mention I have never sewed anything.. like ever) So I came down one night and I was working on pinning them so I could make the first stitches. My mom decided to take over for a second and told me I pinned them funny and asked me to re pin them, and then go downstairs and stitch where the pins were. She also told me to sew over it twice because it was the crotch area and it needed to be sturdy. So I went downstairs and did what she said. I was so PROUD! I literally ran upstairs so fast I could have pulled a muscle! I ran over to Kason who was patiently waiting while I embarked on this time consuming project of mine. They were his pants that I was working on and so I thought he will love them so much more if I try them on so he can start to see my wonderful creation! So I stepped my foot in the first hole... and then the second... and I had totally sewn them backwards. So the pant legs were only like 6 inches long and the part where your waist would go was the entire length of the pant legs... it was like a giant MU MU! My mom and Kason were dying laughing. So I thought okay, no big deal, we can just use the steam ripper and start over. THEN WE REMEMBERED WE STITCHED THE ENTIRE THING TWICE TO MAKE IT MORE STURDY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
So we took a break and decided we definitely needed my grandmas help! That next night was our Beaumont Family Christmas Party and so we took them there so she could help us, of course they had to be on display for the whole party so people could laugh at them, but I couldnt blame them, it was ridiculously funny! I am so grateful for my grandma and my mom who helped me so much to feel so accomplished. Kason and I enjoyed our pajamas and I know they meant a lot to him because I put so much time into making them so special! For next years pajamas, I think I will just start in March to avoid any stress! :) ha ha ha
download now
