Holiday in Hand: day 1 – Values

Today’s prompt for Holiday in Hand is to focus on values. “What are your holiday values? Those things we treasure most, and the hopes we have for ourselves and our families during the holiday season? Ultimately, the things we value the most make us who we are, but sometimes these get lost in the chaos [...]

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Jumpstarting for 2009

I am taking part in Jessica Sprague’s Holidays in Hand class and will be making a December Daily blog/album this year.

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Monday, Dec 8th

Trying to catch up now that I have a minute. The kids and I did a little Christmas baking Monday night. I let them make english muffin pizzas for dinner. Ellie’s was cheese only and Anthony’s was pepperoni. They seem to eat better when they get to make the food. After dinner I mixed a [...]

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December 7th

December 7thOriginally uploaded by sunflwrdesigns Sunday morning was the Children’s musical at church. Anthony did a great job, I was SO proud of him. This is our cast photo and one of the close ups that Grandma was able to take Sunday morning while I was directing.

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December 6th

December 6thOriginally uploaded by sunflwrdesigns Here is my page for Saturday. We spent the morning at church for the Dress Rehearsal. The kids are really sounding great and Anthony has been working SO hard to learn the songs and motions.

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Some Layouts…

Day 1 – Failed tree decorating: Day 2: Smelling the lawn ornaments at Grandma’s house: Day 5 – Anthony’s class Flag Raising: Day 5 – Angel Dinner:

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December 3rd

Wednesday was a typical day in our routine. The kids went to school, I went to work, Grandma took Ellie to dance and Anthony and I went to swimming. Then off to church the kids and I went. Well, we went AFTER I got back in my van …. you see I got locked out [...]

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Pictures!!

I promised to post pictures and I FINALLY got some uploaded. Day 1:Our tree (still bare) And Bill struggling with the lights: Day 2:Mom’s yard: Ellie smelling the plastic candy canes:

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December 2nd

WOW what a day! I just got home from a very eventful evening. I had to go to the church for a Christmas Musical rehearsal and to make a long story short, one of the cast/choir members had a medical emergency. But, the kids had a wonderful night with Grandma. It was the first night [...]

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December 1st

Every year it seems like the Holidays fly by before I can even catch my breath. Between work, church, and school activities every day on the calendar is already filled up. I try to take pictures thru the busy rush each year but I am not getting the photos scrapped or the memories recorded. In [...]

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