Sewing Stockings

Ok. So I'll start off by saying that I am not a seamstress. I do have a sewing machine. I have used it once during the last 4ish years- the night before my sister went into the MTC. We were trying to sew some extra buttons on her shirts so that they could be buttoned all the way up to her collar. So, I broke out my sewing machine to try to do the button holes. Very stressful and we never got it to work. And I have just assumed it was broken, and haven't used it since. But this year I needed to make Alan's stocking. Luckily the whole front I sewed by hand, but I needed to machine sew the back to the front. So I busted out my sewing machine and... it worked! Great news for all. Though it took me about 15 minutes to figure out how to sew a straight line, we did get the task accomplished. (It would only sew zigzag. There's a random separate dial that controls straight lines... nothing like my mom's machine) Anyway, I am quite proud of the finished product...



And here's all three!



So there you go. My crafty side must prevail about once a year. Another thing done off my Christmas "to do" list!

Christmastime is Here

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Robertson House.



We made candy Advent calendars with Michael and Savannah.



Alan got his first taste of candy cane!



We decorated the Christmas Tree.



There was snow this morning.



Alan loves to have his very own Nativity. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Robertson!

And it's only December 6th. It's shaping up to be a pretty great Christmas!

To Grandmother's House We Go...

Here's a few pics from our trip up to my grandparent's house for Thanksgiving.

The day before we left, I noticed Alan was starting to get teeth! I was a little nervous for the trip, but Alan did really well. A little cranky and one pretty rough night, but overall, really good. He put his bink in like this when he was teething. Or sometimes he'd just put in in backwards and chomp on the other side. Funny huh?



On the way up we stopped in at Temple Square to see Beth! They already had a few Christmas decorations up.

Here's Alan on Thanksgiving day. He slept through the main meal, but had his a little later. We even mixed sweet potatoes in with his rice cereal for a little Thanksgiving treat. And he liked it!

My cousin Zach was super excited to see Alan and was so nice to share all his toys.


Here's Alan with his Great Grandma Tucker.

After Thanksgiving dinner, the whole family decided to go to see "A Christmas Carol" in 3D. We decided to bring Alan along for his first movie theater experience! I figured that if I missed parts of the movie, it's not like I wouldn't be able to figure out what was going on. :) But he was really good- even in the scary parts. I only stepped out at the very end. We thought they did a great job with the animation on this film. Same story, but really well done. I'd recommend it.

My parents got us Mickey jammies from their most recent trip to Disney World, so we decided to do a little photo shoot.

Overall, we had a really fun time in Idaho. I was great to be able to spend time together with family. We ate way too much and played endless cards, so it was a successful trip in my book! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa & the whole Idaho crew for having us!

BYU Senior Quarterback Finds His Senior Tight End

Hall to George, Beck to Harline. We've had some exciting finishes lately. Good thing we decided to stick around for a little more school! Go Cougars!

Easy Recipes???

Hey everyone. One of the girls that I visit teach has asked me for a favor. She's been really sick here recently and has gotten way behind in school. She asked if we could come up with some recipes and meal ideas that are really easy and quick, as she doesn't really have any recipes. I'm pulling a few of mine together to give to her, but it would be great to add a few more. So if you have a few standard, fall-back-on, easy recipes that I could include, either post them here or email them to me. Thanks!!!

Harry Potter... Finally

Well, for the record, we finally managed to see Harry Potter! This has been our goal for the last 4 months and I can't believe it's taken us this long! I've always seen the previous movies the day they came out. It's amazing how plans and priorities change. :) But we finally managed to make it happen now that Alan's a little older and is much better at going to bed.

It was way fun to be able to go see it together. Honestly, we haven't seen a movie in the theaters since Dark Knight. Can you believe that??? The show wasn't until 10:10, and Scott and I couldn't remember the last time we purposely stayed out til 1 am. When did we get to be so old??? Overall we liked it. Nothing compared to the books because it really can't be. 6 is one of my favorites. But overall, a fun time.

Our other goal was to see Up, but we didn't quite make that one while it was in theaters. In retrospect, probably should have seen it before we had Alan. But now that it's out on DVD, we can rent it this weekend. So there you go. Back into the swing of things. Even if we are a few months behind. :)

Halloween!

Just wanted to post a few pics from our most recent holiday!

Here's our cute little tiger!

Mom was a giraffe, thanks to Em and Nate.

Dad was an elephant, thanks to Mom.

And here's our happy zobilee zoo family!

Alan with our Phillies pumpkin. As you can see he was a little worried about the series. Turns out he had reason to be. Thanks Matsui. Oh well. Still a fun year!