Enjoying Christmas Decorations

Enjoying Christmas Decorations

*The cover picture is a ceramic nativity set that was my Grandma Connie’s (My Dad’s Mom). It’s on a hutch that also was hers. I have a special place in my heart for things I’ve inherited from family members. Not sure if it has something 

Family Dinners

Family Dinners

I LOVE watching Blue Bloods. I have always enjoyed Tom Selleck…I think it first stemmed from watching “The Sacketts” when I was growing up (an old western movie by Louis L’Amour – a great movie!!) Back to Blue Bloods…I love their idea of Sunday dinners… 

Christmas Week

Christmas Week

I don’t know what your Christmas week looked like, but I hope it was wonderful, as ours was. It was such a special time of finding needs to meet, caroling at several houses & for different people, time with our immediate family, & Zoom with 

On Wearing Red on Fridays

On Wearing Red on Fridays

RED for military members  Remember Everyone Deployed Fridays we wear red to Remember those that are away from family serving our country.  Please consider joining us in this small act of remberance of those that serve. Think about how we can also do something to 

Birthday 2.0 & A Christmas Tradition

Birthday 2.0 & A Christmas Tradition

I was overwhelmingly blessed by so many birthday greetings! Thank you all for making my day so special! 🥰 My favorite part was spending all day with our whole family! Making memories 💜 We had a wonderful day. We decided to go to Rockford after 

Making Pizzelles

Making Pizzelles

One of our favorite Christmas season traditions is making pizzelles. My Grandma Connie, who died when I was 14, used to make these cookies & I have such fond memories of eating them with her. So, every December make pizzelles. We make them to eat 

Sending Christmas Cards

Sending Christmas Cards

We are busy working on Christmas Cards. 🙂 We have not always been the best at sending out regular Christmas cards &/or Family Letters. It is important to us, though & so we made a last minute decision this past week to go ahead &