Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! We put up a little Christmas tree and decorated it with paper-made decorations and the ribbons of the gifts everyone sent after we unwrapped everything. Michael strung up the Christmas cards we received and then made one of his famous snowflakes out of the thick, plastic wrapping of an IV bag. I think it looks pretty cool. Today is rather bittersweet for us. We both miss our families and it's nice to have each other here. I'm kind of sad as this isn't exactly the most fun place to be during a time when family and love are such a part of this season.

We've gotten a lot of good gifts. It was really wonderful to have wrapped gifts under a tree for a little bit. Very cheerful and fun. We got lots of edibles, which have thoroughly been devoured. I believe a particular favorite was the deluxe chocolate cookies and chocolate almonds that have fully fufilled our sweet tooths. Michael's in particular as he has a rather voracious sweet tooth.

We also got some lovely Christmas music to listen to and several books. And for a luxury factor we got some wonderful foot cream and Burts Bees! We're very thankful for the thoughtfulness of everyone while we've been here.

The quilt update is so far I've finished three blocks and am well on my way to finishing my fourth block. I'll be posting a picture of my first completed column of 8. I have to make 7 of these columns. I'm really excited to see how it's going to turn out. Michael calls it, "fetching."

I wound up finding this little box of about 200 pieces of 2"x2" origami paper and am folding them all into cranes to string up and make a kind of garland for our room and whatnot. I didn't realize how difficult it was to fold such small paper until I got a few done...turns out I only have the patience to do one or two every few hours as it really excersizes my fine motor skills.

So Merry Christmas everyone! Much love from the Washington Woolleys! XOXOXO