I have a hard time believing it is Christmas prep time at our house. The summer passed so quickly! September is almost here and we will be readying the rooms for Christmas trees soon. Looking at pictures from previous years is putting me in the Christmas frame of mind! The prep is always fun. This […]
I enjoy drawing patterns for Putz houses. Today I picked two pictures from my Putz Pinterest board and drew patterns for them, in prep for my friend’s visit tomorrow. We are going to putz all day! This little glitter house reminds me of Dr. Seuss. I am developing ideas for making a Dr. Seuss style […]
It always take a long time to get Christmas put away. Partly because I love having it up, and partly because the holiday season is so very busy that when it is done, we don’t want to think about the work of taking it all down. But we’re doing pretty well. The only rooms left […]
The local library hosts an annual dinner and auction to raise money for the library. We like to donate dinner for eight with a Christmas house tour to the auction. Seven guests were able to attend this year. The menu included Marinated Pork Tenderloin Baby Baked Potatoes Pear-Pecan Salad Steamed Green Beans Creamy Mushroom Bake […]
Like many families, we have a tradition of opening a gift of Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve. We also open one more gift. Not sure how that tradition got started, but it’s one we have. There always seems to be a kitty available for playing with bows and ribbons. Then it was time to watch […]
At the house concert last week, Nathan George, Ross Sermons and Robert Bowlin treated us to an evening of wonderful music. Many guests shared with us how much this annual concert enriches their Christmas season each year. We missed Mark Stoffel who has been a big part of the concert in previous years. Mark and […]
While our younger son and his wife were visiting from Seattle, we exchanged gifts with them. They shipped the wrapped presents ahead so we had them under the tree. We save boxes this time of year, and I used their shipping box to wrap a present for DH. Lo and behold, one of the gifts […]
I asked a young friend to take pictures at our annual Christmas Open House last week. She did a great job. Guests sign in as they come through the front door. The living room tree holds our family ornaments. It’s nine feet tall and sits on a two foot high box that DH made for […]