Glimpses of Christmas

Coming and going,
We see our children's smiling faces!

Smiling Snowman

Grumpy-looking Nutcracker

Glimpses of Christmas

Brindle wants you to know,
she helped with the curly ribbon and taking the pictures!

Glimpses of Christmas

1988

2003

An angel the kids gave Gramma Sanna

Glimpses of Christmas

Here's looking at you, Kid

A Glimpse at our Christmas decor

Entry way mirror. Here's where to hang your Santa hat!

The Grinch and Max welcome you to sit on the couch!

Something festive in the kitchen

A Recent Texted Conversation

These are the snowmen and ribbon that used to adorn my desk at the office. I sent this picture to DaughterA to show her that despite the missing man who was broken while someone (who shall remain nameless) was dusting, they are still being enjoyed!

Our texted conversation:

Me:  Snowmen gaze out the front window, ready to welcome more snowy weather as we gear up for    Christmas

A:    All except the one that jumped

Me: Well, not much you can do when someone is bound and determined to go Humpty Dumpty

A:    Exactly. You're just lucky you didn't witness it...or hear the scream on the way down. Heatbreaking

It was a Merry Christmas! Happy New Year to All!

Hard to believe that our Christmas vacation is almost over!

We began our vacation a week ago Saturday with an overnight trip to Seattle to see the Nutcracker Suite. It was a wonderful evening, we were all dressed up and I thoroughly enjoyed the show! The dancers were marvelous, especially the children. The sets and costumes were extraordinary, too!

Brent and I in the lobby of McCaw Hall, Seattle

Our tickets were a wonderful Christmas gift from our daughters. I would love to make this an annual event for us! The following day, we slept late, then spent the afternoon shopping our way northward, picking up a few odds and ends, last minute stocking stuffers. That evening, we stopped in Mt Vernon to enjoy the Bronn Journey concert.

http://bronnjourney.com/

Going to the Bronn Journey concert is an annual event for us. I look forward to it all year long. I waited too long to buy tickets and the Everett Concert sold out! I was so upset, then I saw they also have an annual concert scheduled in Mt Vernon, at the lovely McIntyre Hall Performing Arts Center at Skagit College. I think I like this venue better, it's closer to home and a little smaller and more intimate. His performances are light hearted and fun, his wife Kathryn is an outstanding soprano that really gives the Christmas carols a meaningful punch. They also do other music, this evening was music from the 70's. Thoroughly enjoyed it!