Finally the festivities started on Christmas Eve day. We always have a special little Christmas Program – the tradition that I grew up with. Zach played “Silent Night” and “Greensleeves” for us on the guitar. Zach and Zandra read this … Continue reading
Christmas 2012 Another year has come and gone and “off to down under” won’t be too long The adventures of the CDFs in 2012 were mighty exciting….Listen to this tale it is most inviting Early in the year we slapped … Continue reading
My Mom and sister arrived for Christmas on the 22nd and we had a yummy Christmas Dinner on the 23rd (I forgot to take pics). We promised my sister we would go bowling! So that was our December 24th during … Continue reading
We built our 2nd annual “Quote Wall” at the beginning of December. You can see last year’s here. Every week I find a quote that inspires, teaches, is funny or speaks the truth well, and put it on our bulletin … Continue reading
Catching up on a few things around here! Sadly, I accidentally deleted a ton of pictures and video one day, including all our Christmas prep, going to get the tree in the wagon, decorating sugar cookies and Zandra’s dance recital:(( Have … Continue reading
We’ve had a lot of excitement these past few days with Quiet Elfie. The other morning he was sitting, quite precariously I would say, in between two railings on the stairs that lead from Zach and Gabe’s third floor room … Continue reading
There is nothing more beautiful than hearing a choir sing Christmas carols. Rob and I have made the annual tradition of attending the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir: “Festival of Carols” . It is always held in the first couple of weeks … Continue reading
So much controversy this little Elf can bring! The web is buzzing – just like it was last year, with the lovers and the haters of the Elf on the Shelf. I happen to be a lover of our little elf, Quiet … Continue reading
I love our Christmas traditions! I talked about our favorite ones here last year. We always start the season off with watching “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Since we don’t have all the kids next weekend (first weekend in December), we … Continue reading