And family gathered from near and far and there was noise and laughter and chatter and food and gifts and togetherness and general hubbub and celebration! How about you? Are your family get togethers over and past? Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013
Christmas Joy
All the bells, all the balls, All the pretty colored walls, White, green, red and blue, Joyful colors for me and you! Christmastime is finally here, Such an awesome time of year! We play in snow that’s sparkly white, Sit by the fire when it’s night. Laughs and jokes and cookies too, There’s […]
Mary’s Ponderings and Praise
She held her newborn baby And she gazed upon His face, His little nose, His tiny ears, His cheeks her fingers traced, His thatch of hair, His baby hands, She snugged him up so tight, And noticed how the stardust, Shone around Him, ah, so bright! She wondered at the miracle, This miracle of birth, The […]
Memoir Monday {No 10}
COLD WEATHER AND SNOW HUSTLE AND BUSTLE IRRIGATION TRACKS TO FILL CHRISTMAS SUPPER AT HANGAR ONE STEAKHOUSE LENDING A HAND TO FRIENDS AS THEY MOVED FOOD TO PREPARE GIFTS TO WRAP APPOINTMENTS TO MEET VEHICLES NEEDING WORKED ON BACK AND FORTH TO-DO LISTS THINGS CROSSED OFF OF TO-DO LIST, SOME DONE, SOME UNDONE AND JUST […]
The Baby in the Manger
GAZING AT THE BABY IN THE MANGER I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want […]
We Haul Wood
Cold Weather. Six degrees cold. Hungry Wood Furnace. Keeping House Cozy. Eating up wood. Quickly. Leaving Woodbox Empty. Time to Fill it Up. Wheelbarrows at the Ready. We Haul Wood. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013
Savoring Trust
I watch the steam rising from the cup. I savor the smell. Hot chocolate with a splash of coffee. I warm my hands as I wrap them around the outside of the mug. It’s cold outside and it’s a gray day and darkness creeps in earlier than usual. The candle I lit in the morning […]
Memoir Monday {No. 9}
A few photos and thoughts from our week….it went by quickly as so many of them do! December always gets a bit busy. Christmas things and end of year things to tie up! And are we really approaching the end of 2013?! Link up below! Hello little loader and moving some rock. Now we […]
Sweet Potato Casserole
I made sweet potato casserole and took to my aunt’s for Thanksgiving dinner this year. I’m the only one in our little family that likes sweet potato casserole. Or sweet potatoes in general. I don’t eat them a lot, but I do like sweet potato casserole. It goes well with Thanksgiving dinner and with Christmas […]
The Flexi-Clip
The Flexi-Clip Everyone is happy, Everyone is glad, No one is unhappy, no one is sad. There’s a great way to put up your hair, It should be used everywhere! No more painful claws or clips that slip, Welcome everyone to the Flexi-clip! It will hold your hair, up or down, It will hold […]
We Ice Cupcakes
The baby and toddler days have gone by at our house. Now that only happens when little friends or baby nieces visit. But one of the many fun and helpful handy things about older kids is all the help that they are and all the things they can easily do themselves. My little people used […]
Sparkling Snowflake Flexi Giveaway
Cooke’s Frontier is hosting a giveaway for my Lilla Rose site! Hop over there to enter to win this Sparkling Snowflake Flexi! It would make a fun Christmas present for yourself or for someone you love! 🙂 Do you have your shopping all finished? I still have some gifts to finish up! I like […]
Joyfully Sewn Designs Giveaway~
Another giveaway for the week! I’ve just been introduced to this shop and a few bloggers are hosting a giveaway for a gift certificate. Woo-hoo! I’m thinking it could be an early Christmas gift for yourself, if you win, OR it would make a great gift for someone on your gift list. I love checking […]
Memoir Monday {No. 8}
Our week flip-flopped from last week. We started out with gorgeous sunshine and no wind and ended the week with plummeting temperatures and bundling up again. I’m so thankful for a warm house and contemplate on people that do not have homes to go warm up in when it is frigid out. Hello to having […]
Bless a Homemaker~Kitchen Aid Mixer Giveaway!!
I’m excited to bring you an awesome homemaking giveaway! I was blessed with a Kitchen Aid Mixer as a wedding gift and I’ve always been so thankful to have one. My mother had one when I was growing up, so I’ve been even more blessed to always know the handiness of one. We also received, […]
A Touch of Christmas and Style for the Season
I enjoy the Christmas season. The lights and colors and hot drinks and pretty packages and nativity scenes and traditions and snacks and family and secrets and whispers and ribbon and tape and Christmas carols~to name just a few elements of the season. I also enjoy dressing for the season or putting together an outfit […]