The Holidays

We will get started with October. The kids wanted to be dragons. We we made them dragon jackets. 

As a stick family we traveled to a foreign land.

The year has brought unseasonably warm weather. The garlic planted started to grow and had to be replanted in late November. 

 The kids hatached a chicken, we call it Chunklet. In 8 weeks it has grown quite large. 

 November brought time spent with family  and food. 

Lost teeth 

 Our last fishing trip of the year to the local kiddie pond. Im pretty sure the local pond is empty, this next year we will have to get to the local big lake.  My love and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary.  Finally we got snow, it didn't last long, but we had fun in it non the less. 

Then came Christmas we and are quite blessed. 

The kids got a dog, it is very well behaved and goes for walks often. 

 The kids have been building and soing all of there Christmas gift activitys. They got snap circuits, build cars, bird house and crach open Geodes. 

I have been working on a Rya style rug. It is would of been made by my ancestors. 

rya is a traditional Scandinavian wool rugwith a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches.^[1] They were made using a form of the Ghiordes knot to make the double-sided pile fabric.^[2] Though rya means "rug" in English, the original meaning in Sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile.^[3] The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse, long-piled, heavy covers used by mariners instead of furs. My rug is made of bed sheets and should be done by next week. 

We will see how well the heart pattern in the middle shows up when it is trimmed down.  Overall we have been healthy and busy. The new year will bring new growth and challenges. We are going to work harder at saving more eating better and achieving some goals. I will get that plan up on mew years.