More Christmas?

Because I want to share this with you,

 and because I never want to forget how much I loved this Christmas...

Here are a few more photos of nothing at all...

 

Even though I swore that ten was enough,

I wanted to share my one of my favorite Christmas projects with special people...

 

 

So I made two more table runners, one for Noelle,

one for her mother and grandmother.

 

 

When I bought these dumb lights last summer, I had no clue what to do with them...

 

Laser lights!  What fun!

 

 

 

I'm going to miss this guy peeking in the French doors from the back patio.

 I might try to persuade Ron to leave him up all year...

 

 

 

And last for today, this guy driving around out town with a fully decorated

 Christmas tree in the bed of his pick up truck!

 

 

Winnie (Tony's basset hound) came to spend Christmas with us.

Linda was soooo excited!

 

 

But first, Winnie had to get pretty...

doesn't she look happy?

 

 

Christmas morning, I looked out my window to see Vicky and Jamie arriving in their pick up with a very strange contraption sticking out of the back...

 

Jamie and Andy went to the back yard and began digging a hole to plant it...

 

 

Nope, not a clothes line pole, but a very sophisticated hanger for my bird feeders!

 

 

If you look carefully, you can see that there are four arms extending from the top.

This thing is so cool, I will have to brave the cold and get better photos.

 

There are cables and pulleys to lower them to fill them! 

 

 

Jamie does bang-up work.  This thing is a work of art!

 

(I'll have to tell you later about the bird feeder fiasco...

I think the squirrels are going to stage a revolt!)

 

I'm not going to list gifts, just the highlights...

 

Andy and Ashley came with a new bird feeder and books...

 

Ron came through with bird books...

 

 

 

Tony and Noelle gave me a candle with a ring inside.  You are supposed to burn the candle and expose the ring...NOT dig in the soft wax with a sea food fork...Tony!
 

 

After riding my bike in Pittsburgh with Andy and Tony, I said what I really wanted was a really cool vintage bike. 

 

Andy brought me the start of my dream bike...

 

Ashley and Andy gave Tony the ugliest uncle t-shirt ever!

 

 

 

Andy Tony and Noelle want to go to Florida, so they got sunglasses!!!

 

 

After a (much needed) nap, we went to visit Ron's youngest son and his family...

 

 

Where I got to visit my BFF, Nancy...

 

 

 

We played games and laughed until my I couldn't catch my breath...

 

 

~sigh~

 

Did I ever tell you how much I love Christmas???

 

I'm sure there is more...and when I think of it (even if it is in March), I'll share!

Love,

Jan