Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Hope today is a special day celebrating our Savior's Birth and special family times together!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
December 20
Well, today went by and I did not take one single picture! My Mom to the rescue though, she snapped this cute picture of the girls and their "art display" that they've been coloring busily on! More December photos here.
Winter Picnic
My sweet blog friend, Angie, and I swapped boxes as prayer partners with the Good Morning Girls Advent study! I received a fun box of supplies to help make beauty and quiet moments while I'm away from home and was so blessed by this sweet gift! I was eager to put some of the goodies to use! And, was also inspired by a wintry picnic in the Life:Beautiful magazine that showed a chili lunch in a horse-drawn wagon.
Our wagon was a freebie rescued from the alley left for the trash and instead of a camp or tree farm, we enjoyed the back yard!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
December 18
A fun, cozy and pretty picnic lunch today! More about this on Thursday! See more December Photos here.
One Wintry Night Review & Giveaway!
This lovely book, One Wintry Night, was waiting for me when I arrived at my parents house recently. I received a copy of the book as part of the Tommy Mommy program via Thomas Nelson publishers! I'm always excited to read a new Christmas book and this one has been a lovely read ~
We haven't read it all in one sitting as it is quite lengthy especially for the age range of 4-7 listed with the book. But, it certainly is worth the read even in multiple sessions. The illustrations are beautifully done!
The story is beautifully done as well and since my Dad was sitting and listening in he said I could tell you how much he loved it as well! The Gospel is clearly presented as well as why we needed Christmas in the first place beginning in the Garden of Eden with the first sin and separation from God.
You can check out the flip book here.
This book will make a great addition to our Christmas books and I hope you'll get a chance to read it too!
One of you will win a copy by leaving a comment on this post letting me know what Christmas story you look forward to hearing each year!
Comments will be accepted until Thursday December 19 at 10pm Mountain Time and a winner announced after that.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book to share about here and all opinions and thoughts are my own.
Monday, December 17, 2012
December 17
I finished my Christmas shopping tonight on a quiet little trip with my Mom! How fun! More December Photos here.
Christmas Train
Thanks to an article my Mom spied in the AAA magazine, we have been making plans to ride the Royal Gorge Route train that was all decked out for Christmas!
What fun to ride a real train, and one that was so child-friendly, fun and festive!
For the first time, I played around with editing some of my photos ~ enjoy!
One of the fun things about the train was that the children could wear Christmas jammies!
And, we found this cute diner to enjoy before riding the train ...
A neat historic train at the train station!
Here's the train at night all ready to go ~
After hearing the carolers, it was time to board!
The ride was wonderful! There were lights along the way, music and singing, cookies and hot chocolate, story reading, elves, a visit from Santa and elf tricks. Really, it was so very child friendly and such a positive experience!
Such a festive and fun evening!
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