Good morning!
I hope you all had a good holiday. Best laid plans over here. Leah woke up sick (sore throat and low temp) and I was having a kind of bad IBS day, anyways...so our Christmas was postponed until later. Most likely will wait until after the appliances are delivered on the 2nd. I was very happy it was a white Christmas, though!
Dagan has been here briefly twice. He dropped off Christmas ham dinner for me Christmas night. He popped in to drop off the crock pot on Saturday afternoon...caught Allie and I both napping--lol! He replaced the battery in the hall smoke alarm and it is not blinking anymore. Hurray! And he brought in more bird seed for me. Even though since it has been so warm out there the birds aren't here as much the past several days, I am all set for helping them out when the cold weather returns. ;)
Was pretty quiet around here. It was a lovely Christmas. Got pics and videos from Leah. I see she was fascinated by the frosty trees, too.
McFamily went driving around to look at the lights on people's houses. Seems many had a color scheme this year.
There are still houses that have a yard full of holiday spirit--lol!
How did they get the many, many lights so evenly distributed on these people's front tree? Gorgeous!
I loved this picture of the boys hugging Aaron. They do love their Uncle Aaron. He lived with them for several years.
Christmas morning the boys dug into their stockings right away. They each got a small Lego set and that was what they stopped to put together. Not even concerned about the presents under the tree--lol!
A foggy white Christmas it was.
Finally opened all the gifts under the tree.
They tried to explain to me on the phone the battling tops toy they got from Aaron.
This was the first time Liam felt brave enough to ride the big ferris wheel with Ian. At the very top...
Leah sent a video for me. Goodness! I can see why they like it so much.
This is a music box from Leah's sister that they had to construct! Fascinating!
Hidden down in my empty apartment was the gift to the boys from Dagan's dad and his wife. An air hockey table!
The boys had quite the Christmas this year!
They made a trip to the big Scheels store, too, at some point. I don't think they can go there and not climb on that gigantic Adirondak chair--LOL!
In two days it will be 2025! My New Year's Eve stuff for my ceremony I usually do is still packed away somewhere this year, too. Next year I will do my burning bowl and pick an angel card and all that. But I have been thinking of maybe picking a word for the year. What keeps coming to me is "change"...so I might stick with that. I'm not used to picking my own word of the year. My angel cards do have them, I guess--but that is an entirely different way of "picking"--lol!
Leah is not feeling better. All the holiday stuff going on hasn't helped matters, I'm sure. I hope she gets some rest this week. She's back to work with only Wednesday off. Another reason why waiting until after the appliances are delivered is a good idea. No hurry. The boys have new things to play with and we are used to celebrating later...some years into the middle of January--lol!
Anyways, that's about it from here till next time. Happy New Year from me and Miss Allie!! :) :)
13 comments:
Looks like those boys had a Christmas to remember.
Oh boy, hope you and Leah are feeling better soon!
Sorry to read that Leah hasn’t been feeling well and best to postpone the celebration for a while. Envious of your white Christmas, Rita, even though short lived but sort of glad that snow didn’t happen here as it would have hampered RI family from visiting for 🎄. The music box was lovely and it’s obvious that Ian and Liam enjoy putting things together from the Legos in their stockings. I haven’t yet started any 2025 projects, aside from clearing out some old paperwork. Hope you have a peaceful and happy end of year and 2025 is looking to be a very good one for you. Thanks for your blog friendship and correspondence and looking forward to next year.
Sorry to hear that Leah is sick, but I sure hope she gets better soon. No time off doesn't help at all. Love the upbeat posts, Rita. Happy days to you and Miss Allie.
A lot of houses in my neighborhood have pretty lights up, but they look so much nicer in the snow. We've had a lot of foggy days, too. The boys are happy and busy. Maybe Ian doesn't want his hair cut because he lilkes being the same as Uncle Aaron. Almost Happy New Year! "Change" is a good choice for your 2025 word.
Love,
Janie
Those boys had a Christmas to remember! Excellent gifts for a couple of young fellas.I really like the music box. It's a shame both you and Leah didn't feel good. It just means you can have a good time later on. Happy 2025 to you, Rita.
There is certainly a lot going around this time of year! I hope Leah recovers soon. It's not fun to work while feeling crappy. We haven't had any lowland snow yet although our mountains are getting hammered. I will stay at sea level! I love the boys' gifts which are engaging and active for them. Hope it's a happy 2025!
Happy New Year! Change is a good word for you this year...I am think I need to be resilient ...but I am still thinking on that one:)
Hello my dear friend. It looks like an amazing Christmas. Lots of love for Aaron. That is nice to see. OMGosh I love air hockey. What lucky kids. What I do love seeing is that the kids play games, real games. Not sitting with phones. You can always just light some white candles for your coming in the new year ceremony. You know that I wish you the very best of 2025 and that all things good come to you.
Not nice when one isn't feeling the best so it makes sense to postpone till one does feel better. These photos show happiness and I like that, I hope your NYE is a good one and 2025 brings much joy and contentment into your life
I'm sorry about Leah, but I'm glad the boys had such a wonderful time. and that you eventually will be able to get together to celebrate.
I hope Leah feels better soon. That was some game the boys played. Seems they had a fantastic Christmas.
Have a safe, healthy, and joyous New Year, dear friend.
Got a "Failed to Publish," so I hope you get this before 2025!
There were also two sick family members here at Christmas, luckily only a cold, but it's persistent. Get well soon.
It's great how nice the boys had it.
All the best for 2025 from Viola.
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