lost and found

I just "found" this pix on my camera when I was uploading a new photo. What a fun morning! Christmas is now over, new year come on! The little girls got dolls, the big girls got sewing machines and Jeff got a Kindle. Lots of smiles all around. :)

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this has got to stop

OR WE WILL ALL WEIGH about 200 pounds each.

This is the easy peasy egg nog cake I made tonight. Thought I was going to take it to my small group, but she already has dessert ready. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, don't you?

sick day

Ok...I officially feel lousy, really lousy. I know allergies can be troublesome, but I can control symptoms with antihistamines. Nope, I need other meds. And my bed. This must be an old fashioned cold.
Anyway. I want to post pix from my phone if I can figure this out.

Redder

seeing red

One of my very favorite colors is red.

It's a ....sister thing...

I was blessed with 3 brothers. They are all younger and so good looking. :) I really, really always wanted to have a sister, though. I remember when my youngest brother was born, I was 11 years old. Mom called me to let me know she had just given birth to a cute little baby BOY.

"Really? REALLY? Mom, reeeeeaaaaalllly?

Sorry, I was just a bit disappointed. It passed and I got into helping her w/ a newborn. Girls that are about 11 years old LOVE babies. Have you noticed?

Well, when each of those guys married I got 3, yes, 3 sisters! And my early bonus was when I got married, I got PAM! She is William's sister from Dallas. She's become such a good friend and we love to hang out with each other. She is in such good spirits 99.99 % of the time. She radiates pure joy. My kids love her, too.

Anyway, she drove all the way from DFW area to participate in my almost annual cookie exchange. She made 10 DOZEN cookies and they were very yummy. We got to go to MY favorite place to eat (Maudie's) on Friday night and she never, ever complained. What a SISTER! Then she got up early on Saturday to attend my little party at 10 AM. She did ask me just once, "umm, why 10 o'clock in the MORNING?". She's a champ.

She also brought xxxxxx amount of pairs of shoes. (She's from Dallas, ok?) but she chose to join the game and wore her black sequined shoes. The rest of us have plain old silver. That's Kristen, Tamera and I.

She did make fun just a bit of the Christmas tree decorations on northwest Cap. of TX freeway. We just told her, 'it's an AUSTIN thing'. She gets it. Totally. AUSTIN is kinda weird in her book.

Christmas readiness

Last night I had 3 elves help me clean up the 'place' and make it ready for our annual Cookie exchange. I just had to capture the cleanness of it and prettiness of it this morning in the sunlight! Thanks, Max, Tia and Wm!

Many years ago, my mom made me this nativity set. It has many pieces to it and I love it. Some years I choose to just bring out Mary, Joseph and Jesus. They remind me to prepare the places in my heart for Him. He has already Cleaned it.