Baby Gift for Dyllen

My best friend Heather who lived down the street going up had baby Dyllen in December. I finally got around to making her a gift which are pictured below.

I made this diaper bag for Heather, but added the blue ribbon so that it had a hint of boy to it.

I personalized these burp cloths for Dyllen. His room has a sports theme so I thought my fabric choices would be fitting. : )

A quick post..

Just thought I'd do a quick post since it's been a while. I was uploading some of my pictures earlier today and apparently it's been a while since I downloaded pictures because I still had pictures on on my camera from October. All that to say this is a picture of Josh and I at my work Christmas Party. I think it's a nice picture of us.
On another note, I have my 4th CPA test on Saturday, so please pray for me extra hard this week. I am still waiting to hear if I passed my 3rd test that I took in January.

Update - It's official!

Hey, just wanted to let everyone know it's offical on paper I passed my 2nd test that I talked about in my last post.

Please keep me in your prayers as I do my final studying this week and take my 3rd test next Saturday.

YEAAAA!!!

Ok so this isn't offical until I receive it in writing in the mail, but I found out today while at work how to look up my CPA test scores online. I've been DYING to know what I made on my last test that I took right before Thanksgiving even though I was sure that I failed it miserably.

Anywho, I found out from a fellow test taker how to look at my scores online, which come out quicker than the offical scores in the mail, AND I PASSED!!! With flying colors at that!

All praise and glory to God who I now know was looking down smiling on me. He knew how hard I worked to prepare for that test and how I relied on the talents that I know He has blessed me with. : ) Thanks Big Man.

Merry Christmas!!

Some pictures from our Christmas holiday...Bentley, curled up close to the Christmas tree on his red blanket.

Lane's first fish...a gift from her Grandpa.Josh opening his electric blanket. He's laughing because I wrapped the electric blanket inside of the gift bag in wrapping paper in case he decided to snoop one day while I was at work.

Allyson sporting her new Minnie Mouse Necklace with an interchangeable Cinderella charm.
Josh and his Grandma Jackie.

Traditional Christmas family photo in front of the Christmas tree even though you can't really see the tree...it's there.
My largest gift this year....55-200mm Nikkor lense for my digital SLR camera from Josh.

My gift from Jennie, Brandon, Lane, Donte, & Zoe, a matching Coach wallet to go with my Coach purse.

Christmas Time

I love decorating for Christmas! Josh and I put up our outside lights late this morning into the early afternoon. We only had enough lights to outline the outer edge of the roof, not the peaks, but we plan on purchasing the extra strands that we will need after Christmas to do the peaks next year. This isn't the best picture, but it's all I've got.

Then tonight before watching the bedlam game (OU vs OSU), we did the indoor decorations here's some of those pictures.

Well this one's actually outdoor, but I wanted to include it because I revamped my weath this year since Josh and Jennie both thought it was a little lack luster last year. What do you think? Does it need more?
This is part of the Christmas gift that I received from my cousin Cassie last year at Mom's Family Christmas.
Instead of hanging our stockings by the chimney with care, we hung them by the window because we don't have a chimney.
And after finishing the indoor decorations I made a pot of Mom's chili recipe, and we had that for dinner while watching the game.
Mmmm Mmmm Good!

Finally, just wanted to share the good news with everyone. I received a notice in the mail yesterday that I passed the first CPA test that I took. : ) Which is exciting!

My Bernina

For everyone who wanted to know, I got the Bernina Activa 220. I really like it alot. I'm a fan of the need stop up/down option instead of having to do it manually. I'm hoping that I will have my class on all of it's features soon. I tired to figure out how to do the monogram letters on my own, but I couldn't figure out from the manual how to make them bigger.

Just because I like posting pictures on my blog here is a picture that didn't make the cut on my previous post.

Bentley likes to "closely supervise" my work. This is a picture of him laying on my fabric while I was trying to cut it. I lost count of how many times I had to scoot him out of the way so that he didn't get a hair cut or a straight pin in his tail.