Happy Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

 

Can it possibly be

time for a new year already?

Oh yes, it can!

 

 

One of my favorites from this

past year -

a sweet photo of me

and my girl!

 

Happy New Year y'all!

 

xoxo

 



Backing Up a Bit to the Birthday Post!

Hello there!

Yes, I got a little sidetracked by

Christmas and neglected to

post about Miss Maddy's birthday.

 

 

Lucky girl -- she only had 2 hours of school

on her birthday with one of those hours

being at Mass and the other the

Christmas party!

 

She has been a little bit obsessed

with the Disney movie, Frozen, since we

saw it at Thanksgiving.

 

 

I think she had an all-Disney birthday!

She and I went to see Saving Mr. Banks

on her big day.  I thoroughly

enjoyed it and she liked it, but

it didn't measure up to Frozen in her book.

 

 

A fun dinner out with Mr. Tennis

and Connor and

then home again for gifts.

 

 

Her fave gift -- Olaf from Frozen!

While I hesitated to buy any more stuffed animals,

Olaf was at the top of both her birthday and Christmas lists.

And next year, she'll probably only want make-up and money,

so Olaf seemed like a good idea.

It made her so happy that even doubting Mr. Tennis

said I hit it out of the park with that gift!

[Love it when I'm right!]

 

Happy 12th birthday Maddy Boo!



Merry Merry Christmas!

Wishing all of you sweet readers

a very Merry Christmas!

 

Yes, I am still wrapping . . .

I must be the world's slowest

gift-wrapper!

 

 

From our house to yours,

we wish you

peace, hope and joy at Christmas

and the new year!

Happy Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday Dear Maddy!



Yes, it's  Maddy's birthday!

and

she's 12 years old!

 

 

I think she was about 1 year old in the photo above.

Look at those adorable little cheeks!

 

And

here she is now!
 

 

Sweet, kind, fun and loving!

We are so blessed to have her as our daughter!!
Love you to the moon and
back sweet Maddy!

 

 

 

Counting Down!

Wow -- the countdown to Christmas is on

and . . .

I feel a bit behind.

Every year I have a vision in my

head of getting everything done early,

wrapping as I go, decorating up a storm,

baking and merry-making.

And

every year,

that vision does not materialize and

I feel behind.

 

But, that's ok.

There is still time to do some baking and

wrapping and decorating, right?
I was busy last weekend shoveling snow,
don't you know! :)

 

Love how pretty our house looked in the snow!

 

We did go to our neighborhood "adults only" party

(that sounds kinda creepy, doesn't it?

it wasn't creepy at all).

It was lots of fun and tons of yummy food

and drink!

 

Muffy loved every minute of playing in the snow!

 

We really have the best neighborhood!

One elderly lady told me she's lived in her house

for 60 years!

Wow -- she knows something about every house

and who lived there.

Finally, after 20 years, our

house is no longer referred to as the "Wilson" house.

(The Wilson family lived here before us --
we still get some mail for them sometimes!)

 

 

Muffy and her BDF, Dixie, playing tag!

 

And since, I seriously do not like to have

a post without a photo, I've

thrown in some random ones

for your enjoyment!

You're welcome!

 

xoxo

 

 

Have a great week!

 



It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!

Our very cold wintry temps

led to even more fun

over the weekend

when a snowstorm

breezed through town!

 

 

We ended up with about 6 inches

of the fluffy white-stuff!

It was not the kind of snow that

works for snowballs or

Olaf-inspired snowmen,

but so pretty!

 

 

Maddy and Muffy had a blast running around in the snow

while I shoveled our walk

and our neighbors' walk too.

Back in the dark ages when I was young,

when it snowed, we grabbed shovels 

and headed out to make some cash

shoveling walks for people.

Nobody does that anymore -

so sad, the old

traditions that snowblowers have destroyed!

 

 

Maddy

(and every other school-aged

kid in the city)

hoped for a snow day today.

I thought they might get one as the temp was

a lovely -6 this morning, but no

such luck! 

Bundle up kids-

there's learning

to be done!  :)

 

 

 

A Wee Bit Chilly Here!

Hello Friends!

TGIF!

Whoa -- seems like it has taken forever

for Friday to get here!

 

In weather news, we

went from a balmy 60 (loved that) last weekend

to a brisk (!!) 5 degrees

(BRRRRR)!

 

Soooooo, to keep our

mind off the frigid temps, I thought

I would share a couple photos

from our recent fall photo shoot.

 

 

What do you have planned for the weekend?

 

Shopping and decorating

are at the top

of our lists!

I promise to report back next week.

 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Weekend Update!

We loved Thanksgiving

and the extra time with family!

Plus, it was so wonderful to be away

from work for a few extra days

(though I did work from home a little).

 

Maddy and I went to see Disney's "Frozen"

movie on Thanksgiving day.

Great movie!!

We loved it!

She invited Mr. Tennis to go

see it with her again on Saturday,

so you know it was good

if she wanted to see it again so soon!

 

 

I dragged took her to see Santa

and his reindeers. . .

in a parking lot!

The setting wasn't the greatest,

but he was a wonderful Santa!

 

 

Later, Muffy had her

holiday photo taken,

so I managed to embarrass both

Maddy and Muffy on the

same day!

Go me!