a new day and a new year

hello..and happpy new year!!! i can not believe it is already 2010.. where did 2009 go??? chris and i hope 2010 brings you lots of happiness, and blessings from the LORD.. we have been so blessed this year and looking forward to what GOD has in store for us this new year!!!!

everyday CHRISTmas???

i want to share with you 10 ways to make everyday CHRISTMAS!!!

1. GIVE SOMETHING AWAY.

2.DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE AND FORGET ABOUT IT.

3.SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH THE ELDERLY. THEIR EXPERIENCES IS PRICELESS GUIDENCE..

4. LOOK INTO THE EYES OF A CHILD.

5.LAUGH OFTEN.

6.SAY THANK YOU..TWO MANY TIMES IS STILL NOT ENOUGH.

7.PRAY.

8.WORK..ONE DAY U MIGHT NOT BE ABLE..

9.PLAN AS THOUGH YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER..IF YOU ARE SAVED, THEN THIS WILL DEFINATELY BE TRUE..

10.LIVE AS THOUGH YOU'LL DIE TOMMORROW, BECAUSE YOU WILL ON SOME TOMMORROW..

THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO HAVE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY:

YOU CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST DECEMBER 25TH..WE HAVE THE BEST GIFT OF ALL...JESUS.. HE GAVE HIS SON FOR US, SO WE WOULD HAVE THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.. DON'T TURN AWAY THIS GIFT, IT IS THE BEST ONE YOU WILL EVER RECIEVE.. JAMES 1:17

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!! WE WISH YOU SAFE AND HAPPY TIMES WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND REMEMBER THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SEASON..

MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT, MAKING CHRIST , OUR SAVIOR, AS YOUR LIGHT!!!!

a little reminiscing on Christmas memories

Everyone has special childhood Christmas memories.. i know i do. One for example, i have meantioned on here before is when me and my sis saw santa...and his sleigh toward our house one Christmas eve night..lol..i will never forget that. i have so many dear memories, but these are some of my favorites, and i will share them, so enjoy...

I will always remember my whole family spending the night at my house.. at the time,all 9 of us.. under one roof.. sleeping on pallots in the floor, all snuggled together, anticipating Christmas morning.. with a time of giftgiving and enjoying santa and what he brought, followed by a hearty breakfast.. that was when my niece and nephew were just toddlers, wow, where has the time gone???

i loved going to my grandmother's at Christmas time also..she had this tree.. it was a ceramic, handpainted tree with these beautiful , small, lights.. they were awesome to squeeze, and break..lol,lol....don't tell!!!! i loved this tree and the special thoughts and memories that it gave me as a child. i will never forget that.

this is the tree, not lit up.you can see how beautifully painted it is..

this is the tree, all lit up..see the little lights and why i loved them so much!!..lol it is so bright and magical!!!

around Christmas time every year, my mother and my sisters would put the tree up and decorate it.. despite many, many arguments, and arranging the lights about 50 times, we always had that perfect tree.. oh, it was so pretty.. and we had special ornaments on our tree.. most, we have had since we were little..minewas this sweet, little, santa.. he waved at me every time i looked at him..and my parents had my name engraved on it... it was so special every year, to reach in that ornament box, and find my special ornament, and put it on that special place i had on the tree.. now, that i am married, and have a home of my own, i still have this special ornament, and still find that special place on my own tree to put it every year.. and he is missing some things, my name, you can no longer see, and his arm is missing a piece of the stained glass, but it is still just as special as ever, and he still brings back such sweet, childhood memories, that i hold very dear to my heart... and memories with me and my family that i will cherish not onlyat Christmas time, but for a lifetime..

december days

it has been a great month so far.. we have been steady busy with just every day living, and enjoying life. my great aunt died last week, and we had her service lasst monday. boy, was it a great one!!! we have not had a lot of Christmas get togethers yet, some have already happened, and did not know anything about, but you know how that goes...we attended the annual downtown Christmas on Limestone. it was good and seems to get bigger and better every year.. next sunday, at church willl be our annual Christmas play.we are looking forward to that, and seeing what GOD has in store. i know we will get a blessing. we are having chris' family next monday night, for our Christmas family get together. we are looking forward to that also. so, you see, these december days are just flying by, and it won't be long till Christmas day... now, if i only had all of my shopping done!!!!!! i still have quite a bit to accomplish!!!! enjoy your week and remember the reason for the season!!!!!!

yummy desserts

A few posts ago, i was posting about thanksgiving, and what would i cook for our thanksgiving meals.. i had to work on thanksgiving day, and my mother just asked me to prepare a dessert for our meal there. so, i made this delicious strawberry pretzel salad.. it is called a salad, but really, it is a sweet dessert. it was so good, and we have had this recipe in our family for a long time..

chris had to work also, and he asked me to make a dessert for their thanksgiving meal there, so, i made my yummy butterfinger cake.. it was a big hit.. i enjoyed our meals, they were very good, and i enjoyed the time with my family, and i hate i missed our annual hayride, but my daddy has promised to make it up to me!!!!!

o CHRISTMAS tree

we have had our decor up for a week now.. i am just now getting to post the pics we have taken so far. hope you take the time this wonderful holiday season to spend some wonderful time with your loved ones, and see the magic of CHRISTMAS through the eyes of a child, and remember the true meaning of the season...JESUS......!!!!!! CHRISTMAS times a comin!!!!!