a year in review

I thought it'd be fun to do a little end of the year recap.

I wrote fewer blog posts this year

than 

I wrote in any of my previous 7 years of blogging.

Sometimes I had words, 

but couldn't find the time to write them.

Other times,

I just didn't have the words.

It wasn't posted this year, but seeing as it's wildly popular,

I figured it's worth noting

that 

my all time most read post,

with well over 22 thousand views

is my baking mix post

I made 7 quilts this year!

(click on the photo to go to the post)

2 baby quilts that were sold for sewing machines:

2 throws,

one for me, and one for my mom and her man

a very large (two-sided) twin for Brandon

and 2 queen sized quilts,

both gifts.

One that hasn't been posted,

and

Matt and Marin's

this quilt was my second most viewed post, received the most comments, both on the blog and on FB
and is my most pinned quilt.

I machine quilted another queen sized quilt, Claire's,

(which was my 2015 post with the most views - 2,746 of 'em at the moment)

I was able to purchase a sewing machine with the money I earned for the quilting of that one, too :-)

There were also 3 mini mini quilts

that were sent off to new homes

and 

I pattern tested for the first time

and made a table topper

I shared a couple of pretty popular recipes

and

I made quite a few shirts, skirts, and dresses 

but more than half of them didn't get blogged.

Here are a some of the makes that did:

 I also made quite a few zip pouches

and this one, when the girls got to use the sewing machine for the first time.

And of course,

there were the costumes and accessories...

We had three very special weddings this year;

two of them, Lily and Lexi were flower girls in.

We got rid of carseats

and met ACT goals. 

Okay, so only Brandon did that one...

We got house plans

and leveled the ground as the first (pre)step for building

Tyler preached in front of a crowd of about 300

and of course,

we celebrated National Donut Day

We had a restful week at the beach

We added a daughter in law and her kiddos to the family

and 2 weeks before Christmas,

we got the most beautiful baby girl

All in all,

a pretty good (and busy!) year, I think.