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We want to add a link to LaurieAnna’s blog. Laurie came to my house for a visit  before Christmas. We’ve  had the opportunity to get to know Laurie (and the great girls who work at her shop…actually we’ve known Monica for yrs) this past yr or so. It’s been a pleasure. She wrote a very nice post about my house, plus took some beautiful pictures with her new Nikon camera. Since she has won “Best in Show” for 2yrs at the Nutcracker Show in Houston, we are honored by the great things she said about us. Please go over to her blog and check it out.

Thanks Laurie!

I am so amazed at those who can keep posting on their blog during this time of year. It’s been a very busy month! We’ve had several groups of shoppers at the house, so now have some holes to fill. That’s a good thing! Took 2 of my grandkids to New Mexico to visit 4 others. Had fun with all the kids together. We decorated cookies, worked on puzzles, rode horses, played on hayrolls, got to play a little in snow and had a fun time with the gang! We did try (try is the operative word) to get back to Dallas on Christmas Eve day, so we could get the kids back for Christmas with their parents. Well, wouldn’t you know we picked the worst day of the yr. to travel. What should have been a 6 1/2 hr trip turned into just short of 16 hrs in whiteouts, snow and icy roads. We did manage to pull a couple cars out of the snow about 11pm. We got stuck in process, but got out and pulled them out. Thought we’d all be spending the night there as the sheriff’s dept. said they couldn’t come help for quite awhile. Here’s a couple pics of the fun things. Had to post these of the 2 little ranch kids. If you took them off that fat, furry little pony they’d look a lot older then their 3 & 4 yrs. old.

Jack rides around the round pen with one hand in air like a bronc rider. Then when he passes you he tips his hat!!   I never managed to catch the hat tipping with my camera, but it is so funny!  “Howdy Ma’am”,

Ellee looks like a teenager until you look at the horse and she’s only 4yrs old. Note the hand in the air in the photo on the right.

City girl’s first ride. She’s not real sure about all this. Photo on right…stopping the decorating for Mops to take a pic! What a bunch of little ragamuffins!

And just to show a few things that aren’t actually grandkid pics…..

These are some of the Christmas flowers we have used around the house.

Orchids in large glass container. We have a pair of these.

Paperwhites we started from bulbs.

Single white lily.

White lilies and paperwhites in acrylic shell.

And of course, the more traditional white poinsettias.

What type of flowers do you like to use this time of year?

Even though these flowers are gorgeous and our families are precious to us, the amazing gift of this season is the baby in the manger!

We hope your Christmas was wonderful! And if you celebrate Hanukah we hope it was too.

Since I have family coming in later this week, I don’t know if I’ll be back before New Years day. So, we pray 2010 will be a great year for all, with new lessons learned, and exciting things in store for us.  May God watch over our military and bring them safely home to their families.

Thanks to all who follow our blog and a Happy Happy New Year!!

Marcie and Mayron