New Kitchen Chairs!

The ward party is less than a week away and that is a relief. This week I am going to buy a gazillion pounds of bacon, butter, and much more. It should be interesting. I can't wait for it to be over. I sure hope it's good or at least good enough. That is on most of my thoughts these days. On Friday night I wanted to go Christmas shopping with Scott but I couldn't find a babysitter. I finally decided we should take the kids with us to window shop. It was fun. We got a Wendy's frosty on the way home. Families are fun! Scott went to Texas this week and brought home bags full of clothes from Nana. The kids were super excited to get some cute wintery pajamas. The girls looked especially darling in their matching Sunday outfits. I should have taken a picture! We were in a rush to get to church early to put up our ward party signs and after church we were in a rush because we had a meeting with a member of the stake presidency. More to come on that later. Anyway point being I didn't take a picture.

My friend Chelsey came over a few times this week and I helped her sew Christmas stockings. I still haven't caught the bug to want to make my own family Christmas stockings but that got me a little closer.

This week I went to buy some ugly sweaters for a Christmas party next week. I bought some at the first thrift store I went to but there were two others close by that I couldn't help but take a peek on my way home. Luckily for me it was a huge success. I walked into Goodwill and found 4 kitchen chairs in excellent condition for $9.99 a piece. I bought them straight away and brought them home. My friend Jen gave us her old kitchen table with chairs years ago and we were and still are so grateful. Our old kitchen table set from IKEA and it was very small and lightweight. The black chairs that Jen gave us were definitely past their prime. So for years I have been casually on the hunt for new kitchen chairs. Every time I would go to garage sales or to a thrift store kitchen chairs were on the back of my mind. It wasn't until last week that I was victorious and in a big way. I think the chairs match our table perfectly. You just don't find 4 matching chairs that aren't attached to a table. Amazing! This summer I had bought a couple of wooden chairs at a Thrift store so this weekend I painted those right up.Victory!

Gabby wanted to wear her witch costume last Sunday. She wore it the whole day. She even took a nap in it. She has definitely outgrown it. In the back it didn't even cover her bum. She looked like she was going to The Howl at Utah State.

We sent Keaton a Christmas letter and had the kids paint a picture for Uncle Keaton. I was impressed by Corbin's skills and I was sad to give the picture away so I snagged a picture before we sent it.

Nana presents.

Our old black chairs in the back.

The dark chairs I bought this summer.

Voila!