We started with the Christmas Eve service at our church. After church, the kids got to open their gifts to each other. They had so much fun shopping for each other and then wrapping the gift. It did my mommy's heart good to see their little faces light up when their sibling opened their gift!
Christmas morning, we read Luke 2:1-20 (a tradition in our house before we open gifts). It is always good for us as a family to remember THE GREATEST GIFT ever given~JESUS CHRIST!
After gifts were opened~did I mention that Hubbie got me Pioneer Woman's new cookbook?~we had breakfast, then got ourselves ready for the rest of the day. We drove to my parent's house (about 1 1/2 hours) for Christmas dinner. Yum! Mom is a great cook. On the menu was: fried chicken, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, macaroni and cheese, yeast rolls. Of course, no meal is complete without dessert...spice cake, cookies, applesauce cake, cookies, pineapple upside down cake, more cookies...Mom made dozens of cookies...I'm sure Dad doesn't mind having the leftovers. :)
On Saturday, 12/26, our son turned 5 years old! We started our day with a quick clean-up from Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa came over and we had Christmas with them. Then, out to Applebee's for the birthday lunch. After lunch, we headed back home for birthday cake and birthday presents. What a fun day we had. His favorite birthday gift was Spike, Jr., a dinosaur that walks and roars and laughs...
Sunday was church, Monday we stayed home, and on Tuesday, we drove round trip to see some family out on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We had Christmas with them and enjoyed spending a little bit of time with them.
Wednesday, we did stay home, and today, we are home...I sure have enjoyed having Hubbie home...He returns to work on Monday (but he gets to work from home), and we start school again on Monday.
For now, I am thinking about my goals for 2010--nothing concrete yet. I prefer to not make "resolutions" as I do not keep them very well! I'm hoping that this blog will help keep me accountable. :) I hope to share some of those goals in the days ahead.
Here are just a few photos I'd like to share with you from our last two weeks.
Have a safe and happy New Years Eve!
Beautiful falling snow!
We got 23" of snow!
The kids playing on the deck.
Our oldest daughter's creations...
And our son's creations...
Lots of fun for everyone!
2 comments:
Donna,
So happy to read your blog...I've been checking it every day and had almost decided you had "thrown in the blogging towel" :) I loved your post about your holidays. You are so blessed to have not only family close by (all of them:) ) but also a "close" family!!
It sounds like you guys have been having a wonderful Christmas break! Are you lovin' that cookbook?? I'm sure the recipes are yummy but they probably don't even come close to your mom's meals - what a great menu!! I miss my mom's big meals - and her cookin' (I'm sure John does too! He was her biggest fan in the kitchen - after Dad!)
The kiddos cookies look devine - hope you are enjoy all the yumminess. Glad to catch up a bit - can't wait to see you again soon. Hugs to everyone Jennifer
I got Ree's cookbook, also. Isn't it beautiful? I got tired of going to her site, searching for the same recipes, printing them and promptly losing them after I cooked dinner. This happened every.single.time=). This book is going to add years to my life=).
Happy New Year!
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