Happy Holidays!

Couldn't have asked for a lovelier Christmas. We had a wonderful day together.

We gathered at our house. Eric ended up having to work an overnight double and had to go back in to work right after lunch. My cousin from St. Louis arrived late because she had difficulties that I can't go into. Other than that, the dinner was great and I had such fun decorating the house for guests. It has been a long time since I've enjoyed preparations for Christmas this much.

Our weather was gorgeous. I'll take a sunshiny Christmas over SNOW ANY time!

I love this photo my niece took during our after Christmas Dinner walk. She got a perfect shot of the giant coming out of his lair, right as he snatched my sister's boyfriend, and before he crunched his bones! Well, that part of Christmas was a little gruesome, but we were thankful it was the boyfriend and not somebody important.





Please try to ignore the fact that the giant looks almost identical to the gentleman in the photo from the madrigal below. Pure coincidence.

Madrigal

We had a very fun evening. Isaac was in the Madrigal at the high school. The performance was lovely and the food was good.

Isaac was the guy who announced the food (?) I think he was called a surveyor. He was a very handsome Lord.



After the Madrigal we found that it had started snowing---our first snow this winter. I was thinking of posting a photo of our snow, but it's kinda whimpy, so I'll post the non-whimpy sunrise we had recently instead.

December

These pictures illustrate what I feel about December. Dreary, cold and harsh. It normally doesn't snow much in southern Illinois until January, so until Christmas or snow, my photos might look depressing. Can't wait to post photos of little crocus flowers and daffodils coming through the soft spring soil.

Memory Lane

Here's a trip down memory lane. This photo is taken under the same yellow maple tree in front of the old house. First on left is my mom, then my sister Ruth, then Becky, me (with my kitten) and my granny and grandpa.