Taking down Christmas

Every year I dread taking down the tree.  Not so with my sister Lena and friend Loretta.  Loretta told me she took down her tree before her girls woke up one Christmas Day! I hear that Christmas decorations are not to be taken down until epiphany.  Well, that puts it way into January.  Fine with me.  Mine are staying up.

 Great memory of making gingerbread cookies with Miles & Lilian

 Mom's old ornaments:

Video of Miles playing at Great Wolf Lodge

Miles playing in the fountain at Great Wolf from Julie Thiessen on Vimeo.

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Sophie & her new camera

Sophie seems to be a little obsessed with her new camera. She especially loves the special effects. Lili is already sick of having her picture taken and screams when Sophie comes near with the thing. I will post some of her first pictures she took--

Miles singing the ABC song

I'll put this on my blog. I have a feeling if I post ONE more picture or video of my grandkids on Facebook, my friends are going to start de-friending me. I just happen to love this kid to pieces and I think everything he does is darn cute!

Phos Hilaron (O Gladsome/Joyous Light)

Melanie--

I could not facebook or email you these pictures for some reason, but I was able to upload them to my blog. This is the perfect room for a home for your painting...

**This slipper chair is the softest leather. It is like sitting on a marshmallow. Michael thinks it looks like Angelina Jolie's lips!

Scrambled Henfruit: Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies

Do these cookies ever sound good: (Katie Busenitz posted the recipe on Facebook)

Scrambled Henfruit: Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies: I am not a bossy person by nature. I pretty much go with the flow- I'm a middle child for heaven's sake. But I'm going to tell you to do ...

The Grandkids' school pictures 2011~2012

While we wait for her re-take (I guess she was not happy with her first school pic try):

Mason~5th grade

Sophie~Kindergarten
Chloe~waiting on a retake

Quotes by Seneca

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” ~ Seneca

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, (4 BC - 65) Roman Philosopher & Playwright

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