Highlights of the Holiday Season!

                                                                  

My DYI Fresh Pine Bough Wreaths...smells loverly!

My Sweet Little Charlie Brown Tree!

Missing our #1 son now in Portland...this tree is his.

  

   Father Sean Christmas! What a good sport he is!!

   Hand Stencilled Nativity Set

My Lovely Bunco Babes

I had a quiet little holiday season this year. Starting off with decorating what I call my Charlie Brown Christmas tree! It was a sweet little tree that we purchased at one of the big outlets right after Thanksgiving so we enjoyed it for a good long while.  I kind of was in the "bah humbug" mood right away as I asked the clerk when purchasing the tree to save the bottom boughs for me so I can make Christmas Wreaths for around the house...well, he gave me boughs but not from my tree, a noble fir.  I notice they were selling small boughs of noble fir for $4.98. But when I got home I notice they were all Doug Fir which doesn't always last through the season so I had to bite my lip and NOT be tempted to get in my car or go for the phone and complain about the bough switch.  Isn't it funny what get's our goat? I felt foolish about it but right is right, right? Haha! I have to "bough" to my husband though because he took me to a tree lot downtown to see if they had a pile of boughs they were throwing away and right away we came upon it...THE MOTHER LODE of tree boughs.  Ironically all Doug Fir but FREE just the same! As you can see in the photos I made bunches of wreaths and even enough for little Maxine's house next door! 

But believe me by the last wreath cast I was done with the Christmas handcrafts.  It was on to baking and BAKING I did...Persimmon cookies out of the ...well...you know It was A LOT! haha! My beautiful some-day-to-be daughter-in-love Lily supplied me with an endless amount of Persimmons which I still have 8 cups of pulp left in the freezer!  The baking continued and I was able to bake Sugar Cookies for my Bunco Babes as you can see them all in their beauteousness in the photo above!  So much thanks goes to God for them.  With all their faithfulness in praying for our family over the years.  I feel so much support from them in every way.  They are truly my sisters.  

The Cottage looked particularly sweet this Holiday with the wreaths attached and the added shine of the silver tinsel stars.  Although illness struck this year I was able to decorate and feel the Spirit of Christ this month.  I'm praying for my friends and family that this coming year would be one of prosperity and wholeness in God.  Love to all!

The Cottage ~ Christmas 2010