Christmas Treasures

My Meme (paternal grandmother) has given me a Christmas treasure every year since the day I was born until I got married. I would wait in eager anticipation to receive her handmade Christmas ornament and see what figure I had gotten that year. She always put my name and year on the ornament and some years made them very appropriate for my achievements, such as 1996 was Santa in a car since that was the year I learned to drive. She has done this for all her grandchildren every year (of which she has 11) and even started for her great-grandkids....Angel and Emma loved hanging them up this year. It is such a special gift she has done every year and holds so many memories for me...and helped to decorate my tree when I left home and had no other ornaments!! Thanks so much Meme, I will treasure these ALWAYS.

My Ornaments

Angel and Emma's

A Winters Day

Today was a very successful winters day...although it has only been hovering around freezing for several days now, I had to get to the post office today....CHECK....and then a long put off trip to the grocery store to stock back up...CHECK...all thanks to my sisters who watched the girls for me today (of which they had way to much fun, I will post pics soon!). Nothing better than getting your errands done, house cleaned, and sitting down to a this.... ....a hot bowl of chili and homemade cornbread!! That is of course, unless they would make these warm PJs in my size!! Hope everyone has a warm winters night!!

Another Great Novena

We enjoyed praying the Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe....
...we are continuing our St. Andrew Novena until Christmas...
...and just started last night this beautiful Christmas Novena (Novena to the Child Jesus Infant of Prague).

More Advent Fun...

...and learning how to use finger puppets...a work in progress. (Funny - last year my hubby kept telling Angel to bring him the lion....um, I don't think lions were present at Christ's birth...and more importantly I think Joseph would be offended, although at first glance...the beard does look like a fuzzy mane!!)

Practicing...

Hair Fun

The other morning we had fun doing hair-dos. Here is Angel's ponytail loop thing and well....Emma's cute clip since she barely has hair!

Happy (Belated) Birthday!!

My nephew, Jacob, turned TWO on the 15th...and I saw (and stole) this pic on his mom's site and loved it!! Happy Birthday...we miss and love you lots!!