Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas lights

Bringing back this oldie, but goodie, just because I LOVE it!! Enjoy the light display!!



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Enjoying Christmas at our house -- 2010

Christmas 2010......

Enjoyed starting the day with lightly falling snow.....

...enjoyed watching the dogs opening their gifts.....


...enjoyed the presents sent by grandparents....


And enjoying the gifts from family.....




....and enjoying the love of family......

Enjoying visit from daughter and son-in-law.....




....enjoying the thoughtfulness and creativity of beautiful handmade gifts (complements of Morgan!)......




....enjoying a "handing down" of a well-loved doll to its new "mommy".....



.....and enjoying more grandparent gifts.....



....followed by more family visits from husband's sister and brother-in-law in the afternoon, phone calls from grandparents, calls to daughter in Texas, and a generally restful day....

Hope you enjoyed your Christmas day too......

(And now it's starting to snow here on the 26th -- how much will we get?)
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Emmanuel.......

....... God with us!



Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas!

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Digital Nativity!

Here's a great YouTube video my mother sent me this AM. I love the ending: "Times change; feelings remain the same!" Enjoy this cute look at how the Christmas story might happen today.....



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Friday, December 17, 2010

Concert videos

These are mostly for my mom and dad, but anybody is welcome to see them!!

Here is the CBA Orchestra (both intermediates and advanced) playing the "Halleluiah Chorus" at the Christmas concert on 12/2/10.  (Sorry I missed the first few measures!)



Additionally, here's the CBA chorus performing "Mary, Did You Know?"  Unfortunately, my 12-year-old videographer filmed more of ME playing the piano than she did of the choir singing!!  And at points you can also hear her humming along with the music!!  Since she's sitting so close to the piano, it's difficult to hear them sometimes -- but they did a great job!  At least this is proof to Mom and Dad that all of those years of piano lessons did not go to waste -- I'm still playing!!



Enjoy!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Breastfeeding Baby Jesus

A beautiful artistic rendition of a topic I'd never really considered before.....





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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Winter already?

Hmmmmm....... Winter holidays? Love 'em! Snow? Not so much..... I thought the first official day of winter was December 21, so what's going on here?

I woke up yesterday to find this ......




And as pretty as it was, I was very glad it melted off quickly during the day ...... only to open the curtains this morning to find.....





I'm starting to think this is going to be another very loooooooooong winter....... sigh.....

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Mackenzie's Christmas photo!

Thought I'd share the photo we're sending to friends this year!



Hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday season!

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Christmas card from me to you!

I've been sent this beautiful on-line Christmas card by several people this year and wanted to share. Hope you enjoy it as you prepare for the celebration of our Savior's birth!!



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