Sunday at Home

It is so icy here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that even the churches are closed.

This morning we had our coffee by the fireplace and watch Ed Young, Sr from Katy, Texas on TV.

That was the church we attended last year when we lived in the camper down there.

After THAT sermon I watched Fellowshiplive.com where Ed Young, Jr is pastor.

Louis Dean fixed a hot breakfast complete with sausage, eggs, biscuits, jelly and MORE coffee!

Then we did our regular Bible reading and study.

It was a good Sunday morning!

We spent the afternoon watching football. 

I can only watch SO MUCH when I decided to work on some Christmas gifts.

I have planned all along to make pillows for the quads to go with the quilts I made them for their first birthday. I had to be inventive because Kailey's quilt was black and white with zebra print. No more of that print left so I was looking through my stash of stuff to see what I could use.

Would you believe I cut up the very NICE and very EXPENSIVE shirt Louis Dean wore at our wedding?

He has always HATED that shirt! It was soft as air but he said it didn't FIT!

No worries! I used the strip down the front with buttonholes to make the 'K' for Kailey.

I used even MORE of the shirt to make the front cover of Logan's!

The 'L' is made from the buttonhole strip of one of MY favorite shirts.

Since the front of her pillow looked a little plain....

I added some pizazz to the back!

I need to pick up some more fiberfill but mostly they are done!

Just finish stuffing, sew them closed and launder!!

Win! WIN!!

I have not been successful with the gifts I have made or even purchased for the 3 older grands in recent years.

When children are small they seem to like anything but as they grow more sophisticated it gets harder and harder to find something they like or want and that we can afford!

I have planned on a family gift card to their favorite restaurant and in addition I think I will sew pillows for ALL my grands! I'll buy inexpensive fluffy bed pillows ( my favorite kind, anyway!) and make covers with their initials. They ALL have denim quilts from when they were little so it would make a nice set to use for watching TV or playing video games.

I am so looking forward to Christmas Eve. ALL eight of my grandchildren will be here for dinner!

Second time this year I will have all of them with me at the same time!

Okay! I may be ready for the ice to go away now.

I need to go to the store!