WE HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS, SANTA STOPPED BY AND LEFT SO MANY BEAUTIFUL GIFTS.


THE KIDS WERE SO HAPPY WITH ALL THE GIFTS THEY GOT. THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED PLAYING WITH THEM YET. FIRST THING THEY DO IN THE MORNING IS RUSH OUT TO THEIR TOYS. MATTIE AND MAKAYLA GOT ALL KINDS OF BARNS, HORSES, AND RIDERS....THEY ARE INTO HORSEBACK RIDING SO THEY JUST LOVE THEIR
GIFTS.


OUR SNOW STORM, WE HAD ABOUT 18 INCHES. A LOT OF SNOW PLOWING.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES JACKIE MADE, GREAT WITH A NICE HOT CUP OF TEA.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BARK WITH DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS, JACKIE MADE, REALLY DELICIOUS.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS. TAKE CARE, STAY HEALTHY. RIZZI

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A VERY MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY BLOGGER FRIENDS. HAVE A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
DAY. LOVE, RIZZI

CHRISTMAS TREE

WELL, JACKIE PUT UP HER FIRST TREE, IT'S NOT A BIG TREE, BUT....IT'S HER TREE. SHE PUTS IT IN THE SMALL
SITTING ROOM.....(I CALL THE ROOM THE TEA ROOM) THIS YEAR SHE ADDED A FEW NEW ORNAMENTS, AND STRUNG SILVER BEADS. IT LOOKS SO PRETTY.


ANGEL
THE DAYLIGHT DOESN'T GIVE THE TREE THE RIGHT LIGHTING.........

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE.

DIDN'T REALIZE I TOOK A PICTURE OF MYSELF..YIKES!

WELL, THERE IT IS, I THINK IT IS SO PRETTY, NOW HER SECOND TREE, WHICH IS REAL AND MUCH BIGGER WAS PUT UP AND DECORATED LAST NIGHT BY THE WHOLE FAMILY. THAT'S ANOTHER POST. HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THE PRE-CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS......I MUST GET STARTED IN DECORATING MY ROOM...JUST A LITTLE......RIZZI

FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT

I RECEIVED MY FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT TODAY IN THE MAIL. MY NIECE KAREN, FROM (OVER THE BACKYARD FENCE) SENT ME A LOVELY BOX OF ASSORTED CHEESES
AND SAUSAGE.


CAN'T WAIT TO TASTE THE ITALIAN DRY SAUSAGE....

DUTCH CHEESE, EDAM, AND BRIE FROM FRANCE....

WHAT A LOVELY GIFT I THINK I'LL SAVE THIS FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK, WHEN WE GATHER AROUND THE TREE, AND SNACK, AND SNACK, AND SNACK, AND SNACK. :)

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

WELL, IT'S TIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS...............
AND THIS IS THE WORK CREW....JENNA AND HER DAD.



JENNA

FRONT OF THE HOUSE

THE MANAGER----AS YOU SEE THE BABY JESUS DIDN'T ARRIVE YET.

SANTA CLAUS---------FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

REINDEER

SLEIGH AND REINDEER

WOODEN SOLDIER

REINDEER

SORRY SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE BLURRY, AND IT WAS HARD TO FIT EVERYTHING IN ONE PHOTO.

JACKIE AND JENNA DID A GOOD JOB IN TAKING THEM.

WHEN ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON THEY LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL. JACKIE, PAT, AND THE KIDS BOUGHT THE TREE, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO DECORATE IT. RIZZI

GIVEAWAY GIFT I WON FROM KORALEE, BLUEBIRD NOTES

KORALEE, FROM BLUEBIRD NOTES HAD A GIVEAWAY, AND I WON. ISN'T THAT GREAT. I HAD TO GO TO PIXIE DUST PAPERIE, (KRISTY) AND PICK OUT SOME GIFTS.



I PICKED OUT TWO JACK AND JILL COLLECTION PAPER PADS, AND TWO MINI ALBUMS.
JACK AND JILL PADS

SOME OF THE PAPERS INSIDE THE PADS, THEY ARE SO PRETTY.

MY TWO MINI ALBUMS.

I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU KORALEE, AND THANK YOU KRISTY, YOU MADE ME VERY HAPPY.