Brace Yourselves-- 'Tis the Season

We drove home from Spokane on Monday, December 1st.  And just like that, we're into the thick of Christmas.  We three Foxy Ladies had a splendid time at Festival of Trees.

They are SOOO fun and so dang cute!

George, Peter, and Greta once again joined with the Chase family for their annual sock drive for the Road Home Shelter.  I think they collected about 2100 pairs.  And then it was so fun to get the local South Valley Journal in January and see this picture on the front page.

Peter got invited to Christmas party with dance friends.  There was to be a "major award" to whomever was most festively attired.  Peter was all over that!  He carefully designed his look.

In case you could possibly be in doubt-- yes, he did win!

I have never been a big fan of handicrafts.  Probably because I am not, and never have been very good at them.  But the strangest thing happened to me in November.  I was doom scrolling and Christmas crafty projects kept popping up. 

 Do they not know me at all?  That's not my jam.

Or is it?

They looked so cute and I got a sudden urge to make Christmas crafts.  What is happening to me?  It was all rather alarming.  But it wasn't just a passing fancy-- I actually acted on it.  I gathered my Foxy Ladies together and hosted our first Foxy Ladies Crafty Christmas Night! We watched and mocked several atrocious Hallmark movies throughout the evening.  

I invited Andrea to join us and to our surprise and delight, Raven was in town and they both joined us.  

The very next night was Nutcracker Painting Night.  So much creativity all in one weekend!

Introducing the Nutcrackers of 2025-- from left to right:

Super Grover-- Betsy

Uncle Sam-- Betsy

Captain Picard-- Abe

Lucky Charms Leprechaun-- Clark

KFC Colonel-- Brianna

A Hunter-- Ben

Elton John-- Bethany

The Mandalorian-- Hunter

????  I can't remember where the character is from -- Elinor

Genghis Kahn-- Faith

Snoop Dog-- Landen

Osama Bin Laden-- Cannon

Barack Obama-- George

Christmas shirts for everyone:

Hunter:  Most Likely to Shoot the Reindeer

Daniel:  Most Likely to break an ornament

Elinor:  Most likely to bake Christmas cookies

Landen:  Most likely to cuddle on the couch

Faith:  Most likely to win all the reindeer games

Betsy:  Most likely to forget where the presents are hidden

Bethany:  Most likely to take selfies together

Ben:  Most likely to watch all the Christmas movies

Abe:  Most likely to do ALL the Christmas traditions

Cannon:  Most likely to workout with Santa

Greta:  Most likely to dance to Christmas music

Peter:  Most likely to call Santa Bruh

George:  Mostly likely to go fishing with Santa

Grover:  Most likely to bark at Santa.  

Clark and Brianna had needed to leave early in the evening, so they got their shirts on Christmas Eve.  Clark:  Most likely to hate this shirt

Brianna:  Most likely to go thrifting with Santa.

This was a fun moment when Daniel told our "Echo" to play "Baby Shark".  Everyone danced along with him and he was delighted!  He is so adored in this house

Hunter is an amazing dad to Daniel and I love seeing the relationship they have.