Weekend Chit~Chat

Hello! How was your first week of January? All of our Christmas decorations are put away and we eased back into our school schedule.


After Christmas, my parents went to Houston because my sister was expecting a baby (she had a beautiful girl!). My Dad is back home now, but my mom is on her way here for another week.


I worked on my menu, cleaned the fridge, grocery shopped, and tidied up around the house.






I just need to finish the laundry and then relax and enjoy the weekend. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, too!

Valentines and Cookies

I am watching a friend's children this afternoon. For entertainment we have homemade Valentine supplies, cookies and hot chocolate!

ETA:  Sorry for the confusion, we made homemade valentines.  The cookies and hot chocolate were from the grocery store!

A White Christmas

Happy New Year! We've had a wonderful holiday season and one of the best surprises was a white Christmas! The snow started Christmas Eve afternoon and went late into the evening. My parents and brother spent the week with us and we all had a fun time together.


A big snowball.


A mini snowman.


Making reindeer food.


My mom made new pajamas for the girls and a bathrobe for Benjamin.


Late Christmas Eve.


Homemade cinnamon rolls for our Christmas breakfast.


We enjoyed a roast beef dinner and pumpkin pie for dessert. Phillip had the week after Christmas off, so we've been spoiled with sleeping in and lots of free time. Now it's time to get back on schedule. I'm looking forward to 2010!

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and the Merry Christmas wishes!

Merry Christmas!



Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.
Christina Rossetti

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

Weekend Fun

Thank you for your comments on our new family room! Yes, we are enjoying it very much. We are having a family of five over this evening and thanks to a couple of table leaves (and a piano bench for extra seats) we have room for everyone at the table. I'm making roast chicken, potatoes and carrots.


For dessert I made Mrs. H's Cream Filled Cinnamon Coffee Cake. I made a few changes: I left out the pecans, only swirled the topping on the bottom cake and made half a recipe of cream cheese frosting for the filling.


We have some Christmas baking planned for tomorrow, along with our church's Christmas Carol service and potluck. I'm most excited about my parents and brother arriving early next week. It will be our first Christmas together since 1995!