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Breakfast with Santa reflection
I took this picture of the line of people waiting for Santa, the photographers, Santa, and the elves by zooming in on the security globe mounted to the ceiling above Santa.
Breakfast with Santa eager kid
There’s an “order” to the way that Breakfast with Santa photos are done. As people arrive they are given a number for them to use to stand in line after he’s done mingling. This youngster was eagerly standing in front of the line and skipped straight to Santa’s lap.
Jordan’s holiday cheer
Last week we put up the Christmas tree and decorated it. Jordan pulled on a pair of stockings on his feet and then another on his hands with this Santa hat and pranced around a bit. He’s awfully excited about Christmas!
Christmas bazaar booth
Pepper and I sold our wares at the Christmas Bazaar. We definitely packed home less stuff than we went with. You can see a lot of our stuff on our Etsy site.
Gage, Pepper and Ruby
Sometimes Pepper needs to be piled on by kids. Fortunately Gage and Ruby will occasionally oblige!
Mama Sita in the garland
Quite a while ago we added two new cats to the household. This is Kiki or Mama Sita. She’s around a year old but acts way more mature. Except when there are Christmas decorations around!
Jordan’s Spacewood Derby ship
A few Saturdays ago Jordan’s Cub Scout Pack had their Spacewood Derby. Jordan’s design was definitely outside of the box – he used the materials provided but came up with a fin structure that was quite unique. His ship only crossed the finish line once out of four tries. But that time he was narrowly …
A second folding lawn chair
I just used seatbelt webbing and the wide strap that I found on the roadside in the spring to refurbish this folding lawn chair. I found the frame at the dump on Sunday.
Seatbelt buckle bottle opener
The fine shop Alchemy Goods inspired this idea. Using a part from a car seatbelt buckle you can make a snazzy bottle opener. It isn’t easy though. I had to use heat from my propane torch, my heavy vice, and a bit of hammering to get this bent. The next one I tried ended …
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