Christmas

The Tradition at our House,

is to Greet the Birthday Person

with Cinnamon Rolls and Birthday Greetings,

first thing in the Morning!

So,

Christmas Morning

is always started with 

Sweet Rolls and Birthday Wishes for the Baby Jesus

Then,

its on to 

PRESENTS

and Hugs, and Smiles, and Surprises, Oh-My!

We kind of LOVE Christmas at our house,

so we move at quite the Snail's Pace

through the presents-

admiring and opening and assembling gifts,

stopping for nourishment,

or potty breaks,

or whatever along the way.

We usually don't finish opening presents till the afternoon.

We figure, 

We wait the whole year for this day,

why rush through it,

and get it over with as quickly as possible?

We try to make it last as looong as We can,

and WE LOVE it that Way! 

12.24.2013

Christmas Eve Things:

We always begin Christmas Eve

with our Traditional

Christmas Eve Family Breakfast!

-Which I have no Pics of-

but if I did,

they would be pics of the 

Whole T Gang

Enjoying Eggs and Pancakes,

and all Excitedly Jabbering away about 

Christmasy Things!

At Home,

I kept Excited Christmas Eve-ers

Busy with painting Ornaments,

and Baking and Decorating Cookies

{One of the Crowd apparently thought 

decorating cookies t'was better done sans shirt}

We spent the early evening 

playing some new board games with the kids,

and then got together with the T Family,

for Christmas Eve Feasting, Gift Exchanging,

 and a game of Basketball.

Then back home

to hang our Stockings with Care,

set out carefully written Love Notes and Treats,

and to jump in bed with Visions of Sugar Plums!

{Merry Christmas}

Merry Christmas to All

12.23.2013

With Family and Friends

We gathered items and filled Christmas Socks,

and took them to a local

Women's and Children's Center,

where We also organized and worked 

Together to Decorate, Prepare, and Serve a Christmas Meal

to the  Crowd that was there.

We even had some fun live Family Musical Talent 

and Santa came!

Experiences like this bring our family closer together,

And it sure is a good reminder,

about the Real Meaning of Christmas.

Under Construction!

Guess Where We DIDN'T have Thanksgiving Dinner!

[Our Kitchen]

Since the Middle of October,

our Kitchen has been 

Under Construction!

Gratefully,

We have a Kitchen downstairs

We've been able to live out of.

It's nearing completion,

but forgive if I don't get around to

posting about it until after Christmas! 

[EDIT] This is NOT the Kitchen I previously already re-did, as shown through Links on My Side Bar. This is Our New House, this is a Different Kitchen.