I, for one, am glad to see 2016 in the rear view mirror. I know a lot of people who feel that way. It just seems like 2016 was extra hard. I sure hope that 2017 is a lot kinder to us!

To give it a quick send-off I thought that I would do a quick review of 2016. It didn’t feel like I had done a whole lot, but once I started looking it seems that we did.

Jay worked on his Spad for the first few months of the year

Then he started working on the train lay-out

Once good weather came about we were able to work on the shed

With that project done it was time to have some fun. So sets of corn hole boards (and bags) were made

At the end of August Jay had his gall bladder removed and five days later was enjoying the Air Show

In September we started the Advent wreath stand, and finished it up in November

Then after that it was time to work on Christmas gifts

That was mainly what Jay was involved in during the year. I took part in most of that, but I also had other things going on myself.

I taught myself (with the help of Craftsy and my mom) how to crochet. I made two shawls and two blankets for Project Linus

I didn’t get nearly as many dresses made as I would have liked for Dresses for Missions. I did the trimming on 12 dresses and made 6 of my own

Plus I stitched satin edging on four pieces of fleece and crocheted edging on 7 more pieces for a total of 11 blankets that were given to Dresses for Missions, too.

For the craft fair I made five purses and two aprons, not to mention the apron that I made as a Christmas gift

My biggest crafty accomplishment this year, though, was finishing my Summer Cross

I did a little bit of traveling this year, too. First my mom and I went down to my sister’s in North Carolina to help her do some painting

Then a little over a month later I accompanied my friend to Atlanta, GA so that she could watch her Braves play

Besides the Air Show we also attended a RC Airplane show, a train show, a sewing expo and a quilt show. We were busy!

Even though I don’t feel like I accomplished a lot this year, I guess that I was quite busy!

Here’s hoping that 2017 is good to everybody.

And as Yoda Bob would say…

Get this stupid hat off of my head!

Otherwise known as, “May the force be with you!”