Lyle and Stephanie: Christmas!

I love Christmas! I never realized how much I look forward to my parents house being completely decorated, until I wasn't around to see it. I kept telling myself that I didn't want to store a Christmas tree, but that didn't last long. Black Friday Lyle and I bought a little tree for our new little condo. We bought our condo in October and I feel like we're just settling in. It's in the Avenues in Salt Lake and I love this area! Our apartment was right downtown, and while I miss that, I love the ambiance of the neighborhoods here. Fall was absolutely gorgeous will all of the mature trees turning colors! I'll post pictures of the condo eventually when my house is clean. Lately we've been too busy with finals and our little trip, but my finals are over and Lyle is done as of tonight. I'm so looking forward to 3 weeks without school but I know that it will go by too fast.

We've done a few fun Christmas things so far, with a lot more to come as Christmas gets closer. The most fun thing so far is going to Pittsburgh and all of the different things we could see there. There were so many huge decorated trees everywhere all over in buildings and outside. The gingerbread houses were pretty cool too. We also went to temple square with my family. I love spending time with either of our families! We haven't had a family party yet, which is slightly weird because this year they are all after Christmas, but that's ok because it means that Christmas just lasts longer!

One of my favorite things I've done for Christmas is making my nephew's Christmas present. One of my nephews is 4 and him and his brother like to play superheros. My mom had given the older one a reversible superman/batman cape when he was little, but I thought it was time that the younger brother got one too. I decided that this one was going to be super cool, so I started my sewing project. Not only is it reversible, but the emblems on them are velcroed on so that they can be interchangeable. I just finished it and wrapped it today! It was the last gift that I needed to wrap and it's a very good feeling to be done! These are the four that I've made, but really this project can be added to as his interests change.

Batman