WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS....at our house~

I LOVE this book...I set it out every Christmas..it is filled with beautiful pictures, poetry and it has space to write down family traditions and favorite recipes and all that is dear to us at Christmas time. I read it every year...remembering the treasured years when our children were little kids.

I painted the ceramic Santa some 35 years ago...the grand kids love it filled with candy canes every year

~Our home and our hearts are filled with JOY at this time of the year~

Santa's on his way...I found this image in a Victoria magazine years ago..made a bunch of these to hang on the tree~

The tree is up and decorated..the days of waiting for Christmas are filled with Christmas music...the shopping is done..the baking is almost done and I even threw in making a baby quilt!

Waiting and ( keeping watch over his favorite toy)..for Christmas

Standing watch...waiting for Christmas

Me...dressed so warm, it was a wonder I didn't melt..(thanks Mom) .... sitting on Santa's lap and my family at Christmas..I'm sitting next to mama on the couch feeding my new doll...even back then Motherhood was deep in my heart!

He... IS... the reason for the season...don't forget

We're enjoying the warmth of the fire at night..watching Christmas movies

~Our stockings are hung and we're waiting for the snow~

This Nativity set (more not shown) I have had for a good 30 years..the stable has a music box and plays Silent Night...it is very loved at our house

I love snowmen...I think these two love each other because every Christmas they insist on sitting close to each other!

HO HO HO....Love the joy that Santa's bring into the home too

~I love angels year round but especially at Christmas time~

~This reminds me of Christmas's when I was little~

I heard a noise the other day over by the Christmas tree...I looked there a couple of times...then I looked up....there was my cat Pralean up in the very top of my Christmas tree!!! She must have been feeling the Christmas Spirit too~

" Christmas Everywhere "

Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight!
Christmas in lands of the fir-tree and pine,
Christmas in lands of the palm-tree and vine,
Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white,
Christmas where cornfields stand sunny and bright.

Christmas where children are hopeful and gay,
Christmas where old men are patient and gray,
Christmas where peace, like a dove in his flight,
Broods o'ver brave men in the thick of the fight;
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight!

For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all;
No palace too great, no cottage too small.
(Phillips Brooks)

"A couple of the grand children and Santa"

I'm just like a kid at Christmas time...oh, wait, it is Christmas time and I am a kid at heart... I hope you are too.

I remember, as a child, sitting in a chair coloring, listening to the Christmas music and looking at the lighted tree, listening to my Mom out in the kitchen, making goodies and singing along with the radio, and feeling SO full of joy at the coming of Christmas, I thought I would explode with happiness!

I hope all of you are feeling that same way..if you are not..drop everything..simplify..and
"Go Enjoy " this beautiful season right now!
It will be over before you can blink...enjoy it now!