It was a truly beautiful week! And all have returned to their homes, as of today. The music, the precious looks on the faces of our little grands, the Christmas Eve tamales and posole, the traditional Christmas morning Garmische Nut Stollen, the feast on Christmas Day - thank you commander for grilling the beef tenderloin so perfectly - the joy (and mess!) we created on our big new table! All was splendid!
One down side: by the day after Christmas, our little 20 month old Piper and her mama were sick. We all holed up and drank gallons of tea as we watched "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street", the very same show our own children watched in 1980 and beyond! It still holds up! "Keep Christmas with you, all through the year", they sing!
I wish I had gotten a Christmas card out to all the people we dearly love! It has been a curious season for us. We feel we can settle in now, in the New Year and enjoy our new kitchen, fine tune some of the things yet to be completed, and begin preparing for our spring vegetable, flower, and herb gardens!
We had a big loss right after Christmas; our dear, sweet Aunt Connie passed away - much, much too soon! How we will all miss her, though we will never, never forget her beautiful heart and smile. And so much more.
Our sweet Piper Gaye. She is so interested in everything!
Sharing early Christmas with family headed to California for the holiday. Darling Abby is pretty excited about her gifts from her cousins!
Gavin & Piper love pockets!
Making the luminarias - Piper's very first time. FUN!
Christmas Eve music and tamale making.
Sweet Miles finally gave in to sleep on Christmas Eve.
Commander has a fan! It is mutual.
1 comment:
You are the cutest gr.ma ever. Your entries are very lovely. You are indeed a writer and a photographer! The table looks fantastic and I bet so fun to gather around. The pumpkin dinner rolls I'm sure made a hit. Your little ones are darling. Thanks for sharing. You are inspiring. I'm am so sorry to hear of your aunt Connie passing. That must be so hard esp. At Christmas time. Was she your moms sister? I send you all our love. Xoxocj
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