Our Christmas 2024

As hard as it is to believe another Christmas is in the rear view mirror.  The hustle and bustle of the preparations and the joy of expectations of family gatherings were enjoyed.

 From decorating the tree to greeting family as they traveled from afar.  I am thankful!

Christmas morning is always exciting with all the children and grands gathering for breakfast and then opening gifts.

Before any of us got dressed we decided to take a few family photos.  Our daughter tells us of a friend of hers that lost her mother.  Her mother never liked to get her photo taken so she had very few photos of her.  Taking that cue, I try to keep that in mind as I am usually the one that takes the photos so most of our family photos are of everyone but me.  Our grandson got out his tripod so we could all be in the photos.

Our grandsons, Miles, Samuel and Alex!

Our son Grady and Miles and Alex.

Our daughter Noel with our son-in-law Peter, and their son, Samuel.

Grayden and I.

Grayden and I with our children, Noel and Grady.

Grayden and I with our grandsons Samuel, Alex and Miles.

After all the photos were taken Miles wanted to play Scrabble so Noel, Miles, Alex and I played.  Alex decided we should use Webster as our guide for challenging words of question.  After our fun round with Alex being the winner we began preparing the afternoon meal.  

After dinner we enjoyed celebrating Noel's birthday.  It's our custom to set aside time away from Christmas to do so.  After singing happy birthday to her she opened her gifts and we all enjoyed low carb cheesecake.

Grady and the boys returned home in the late evening.  Noel and Peter stayed on and left on the train to return home on Friday morning after Christmas.  

The house is quiet now, but the memories of Christmas linger on.

As the new year is upon us, I want to wish you all a very happy 2025!  

  

Merry Christmas Friends!

Hello Friends,  it's been a long time since posting here.  Life has been busy for us but very good.  As we are getting older now it's quite interesting to decorate and bake and get ready for family visits.  Grayden and I are team workers for all of our current jobs even though we learned recently that we are elderly!   

On a recent visit to our very young medical provider she mentioned that she recommended to her elderly patients, like us, something I can't even remember now.  All I heard was elderly!  Yes, I know we are, but I don't think of us that way.  I know we are but I still think of us as being young-that is until my knee reminds me!

 We are thankful to be spending another Christmas together with our family.  Our daughter and son-in-law will arrive on Sunday morning after traveling here from New England by train.  The station is close to our home so Samuel will be picking up his parents early morning.  

Our son and grandsons will be joining us Christmas Eve and then spending Christmas with us.

The turkey is thawing in the refrigerator and the ham has been bought.  There is hardly any room left in our new refrigerator.  Our old one certainly had a larger capacity that I really miss as I play Tetris each time I place something inside.  We are blessed with abundance to be able to buy what we need.  

This morning Samuel and I baked chocolate chip cookies as they are family favorites.

Our daughter and I eat low carb so I made a large batch of low carb peanut butter fudge for us to enjoy.  I also made a simple treat of sugar free chocolate chips and peanuts for us to munch on.  Our daughter's birthday is Christmas day so I will be baking a low carb cheesecake for her birthday.

There is comfort in the traditions we have as a family.  Come to think of it we are blessed to have children and grandchildren come to join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.  I pray you have a wonderful Christmas friends!