What an exciting Christmas Eve! It didn’t start out that way, though. My plans were to relax and try to seam up my bed socks that I’ve finished knitting. But my plans quickly changed when I walked outside to get the mail. There it was, sitting on my side porch—a box from Stampington. Immediately, I [...]
As we spend time today anticipating the celebration of the arrival of the Holy Child, I pray that you and your family will have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful holiday season.
As we go through this joyous season and prepare ourselves for a new year, let’s try to remember that we were created in His [...]
And one exhausted crafty blogger!
Scenes from the Live Nativity:
My favorite holiday recipe (thanks Aunt Lovie!):
Hot Fruit
Serving Size: 8 Preparation Time:1 hour
Ingredients
1 large can sliced peaches
1 large can apricot halves
1 large can pear halves
1 large can pineapple chunks
1 11 ounce can mandarin oranges
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup vanilla wafer cookies — crushed
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 orange
Drain fruit. Mix [...]
Two easy gift tags:
OT: Happy Birthday Little Man!!! Seven years ago today you blessed us with your laughter and bubbliness. We love you!!!
This year’s teacher’s gifts:
A winter survival kit: Potato Chip scarves and Arbonne Intelligence Body Lotion and Herbal Foot Cream.
Two Blog Candy winners:
Congratulations Cathy and Alison!! I’ll email you for your addresses. Thanks for commenting on my blog!
One nicely posed shot (FINALLY!):