Here are this year's hand made Christmas presents: name plaques. We all worked together on them at Carl's shop (the one at the old McClellan AFB). Carl planed the wood, and then we wrote the name on the board for him to 'carve.' Next, we would paint the name. It was fun because you didn't have to be careful: After the paint dried, Carl planed each one more time, and any paint that was out of the grooves of the letters got 'wiped' away!
The girls, painting in the names.
Meegan, concentrating on lettering. We used all different 'fonts,' so to speak. (LOL)
Carl also made some awesome, metal dinner triangles!
"COOOOME AAAAND EEEEEAAAAATTTT!!"
Carl had this surprise for us: a piano bench (that he made, of course). The wood came from old pallets. The red seat is a soft leather.
JULIA!! I think this was at a Christmas concert where she performed ... Was this the year she played the trombone in the school band?!? (age 9, grade 4)
THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS PHOTO SHOOT
Don't remember who we had over to take these for us, but they are some of my (Meegan's favorites). The red wall in the living room was a fairly new thing. It was a good year; we were a happy family at a good time in everyone's growth!
(The girls are 9, 11 and 13.)
Fishy, fishy, make a wishy! -The girls' new Christmas ornaments for the year. The fat fish were from Grammie. Thanks! The chubby mermaids were from our trip to Santa Cruz.
