Merry Christmas!

Good morning, Friends!

Well, by the time you'll be reading this...Christmas will have come and gone!  Our little family of 11 enjoyed the morning with French Toast Casserole, Biscuits and Sausage Gravy Casserole...and Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast.  Then there's the fudge, coffee, tea, cookies...and a nice big pot of Chicken and Dumplings for later this afternoon's meal.  William and girlfriend, Cailin, wasn't able to make it this week but hopefully, by New Years...Sam, Everett and Sloane and Lottie left around 11 to make the Christmas visits with other of their family members...Daughter Crystal and hubs, Tim, stayed until about 2 because she has to work today. It's a 2 1/2hr trip home.  Tylar and Sara and Sydney left with Tim and Crystal.

Larry and I then kicked back...and enjoyed that blessed feeling you get after an event you've been preparing for, for weeks...is done.

I do miss our parents though...but hopefully, they sat with us in spirit, as everyone enjoyed the morning fun.  They are never far away....

I love the old Charlie Chan mysteries.  I played several episodes while I finished up cleaning and cooking.

Our little Sydney had a fun time teasing Gampa!

Momma Sara and Sydney Jo...

Finally!  Three years old is the magic age for No More Tears with Santa!  She was discussing Santa's "list" and her name On It... Too cute.  She got a cookie.

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Our three sweet great granbabies... Sydney, Sloane and Lottie, so tiny.

My French toast casserole ...it made a nice custard.

Yummy cinnamon rolls...

A few outside decorations...

We enjoyed our church group Christmas party last Saturday.  There were tons of food!  Food was everywhere...lol

Larry and the boys were waiting to get things moving!  Let's Eat!  lol

We went to Cracker Barrel one day earlier in the week...fish was good!  

I made some fudge...Extremely easy!  I used one package of milk chocolate chips and one can of frosting.  And since it was chocolate, I sprinkled a few salt flakes all over the top...oh my word good!

Recipe here!

I made chicken and dumplings for the afternoon meal.

This brisket sandwich came from Terry Black's barbeque restaurant...really good.

Libby's still at it...fighting her bed before taking her nap...lol

Well friends, I guess I'll stop here.  I took tons of photos but for the sake of your eyes...lol...I'll end things here.  Needless to say, we all had a great day!  I hope you all, as well, had a beautiful and blessed day!

See you in the New Year!

It's Getting Closer!

 

Good morning Friend!  I know...It's been another "while" since the last post.  I will admit I have no real excuse except...having to play with sweet babies...chat with daughter...visit with granddaughter...and just generally, enjoy myself.  I started a project for granddaughter Samantha and have been trying to figure it out (a baby blanket with ruffles...sounds easy but to a fair newbie, I have to figure things out.  AND... I decided to create another blog just for my quilting projects so if some of you could care less about them, you won't be subjected.  For those of you who ARE interested, The link is on the right side of this blog or... here's the link:

Sew It Seams 

Grandma Lolli, Lottie and Sloane

We really had a sweet time of it last Saturday.  Sami had a hair venue to go to...Daughter Crystal and I "watched" the baby girls.  I think they watched us, instead! lol

Sam and Everett with the Girls...

She never fails to create the sweetest cards!  Thank You Miz Ann!!

I made Cinnamon Rolls ...

We went out to a Chinese restaurant called, Cathay House after church... Have you EVER seen Egg Drop Soup this dark??  And it stunk!!  Like a foot odor... nasty!

Greasy Lemon Chicken...this was my order...Larry ordered Moo Goo Gai Pan... also bad...cold and mushy noodles.

We've been going here since it opened in 1960.  Then the owners sold it... We won't be going back.

This was a test batch I made for us to try.  Pear Crescents.  We have our Sunday School Christmas party this coming Saturday and I'm bringing a dessert...this, in fact.  It turned out really good so it's a "Go" to make Saturday morning.

This is suppose to be an easy pie dough to make.

I've seen it all over the internet.  I printed out the recipe (Ree Drummond) to try.  Let me know if you try it first! lol

Now Libby is doing the "hunt" with her new bed...I'm done trying to figure out the why of it all.  I'll just let her enjoy the exercise...lol

Well, here's hoping you are enjoying the season, so far.  Stay safe while out shopping!

So, until next time...