12.25.2012

Christmas Dinner

We had a festive Christmas dinner...
We enjoyed a wonderful meal of
Filet of beef
roasted fennel and asparagus
smashed new potatoes with thyme
and red velvet cake with cheesecake frosting

Ian led us in a sweet devotional and to the table we went.
We voted and stayed casual for dinner this year....that was a first!


English Christmas crackers made our meal extraordinarily fun.....
hats, riddles, jokes, trivia, trinkets and games
made for great conversation
lots of laughs and 
good times.



"Why are we wearing these hats???"











The fun lasted through the whole meal and we were still solving riddles
while we all did the dishes!

What a great day!





Christmas 2012

The true light which enlightens everyone was coming into the world. 
He was in the world and the world was made through Him yet the world did not know him...
and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us 
and we have seen His glory, 
glory as of the only Son of the Father 
full of grace and truth.

Merry Christmas family and friends!

Our family has certainly had a wonderful day so far....
started out with a home burglary a 4:30 this morning.....
interrupted no doubt by our dear Kirby and Zoe
{but not before they made off with items from our vehicles 
and entered our garage for a few things, too!}
. . .then a thunderstorm.

Here are David and Charlotte before our gorgeous candlelight service last night.
It was so special to be with our church family
to worship our Savior as the Shepherds did so long ago.....
to celebrate the peace, joy and love that comes only from CHRIST!



Christmas morning...


at supplies for the Claire Bear


Buddy Biscuits for our brave dogs!


Charlotte talking to family in Minnesota and Chicago and Connecticut!


Thankful for the blessing of family!!!




Batman strikes again....


a wonderful montage of photos from the Nutcracker for Mimi!


Our country boy wanted a guitar.  


Say cheese!



Pete's favorite Viking besides Adrianne Peterson



Charlotte received a james Avery charm bracelet with three starter charms...so special!




And a little Baylor for our Baylor girl!



Enjoying a relaxing day together and preparing a lovely Christmas dinner with my girls.


May God bless you all in your celebrations and in the New Year!




12.24.2012

Rosettes...A Christmas Tradition

Many Christmases ago, Ian's parents taught me how to make
Scandinavian Rosettes.
And it has been a Christmas tradition ever since.

I wish we were making them today with Ron in the kitchen.
He is the expert rosette maker
{and lefse maker...but we have not ourselves ventured that deep into Norwegian culinary delights}

I adore cooking or baking from recipes handwritten by
those who have passed on the recipe and thus, the tradition!



The rosette iron
{we made snowflakes and stars}


My ready helper who herself was trained by Papa and has helped me year after year!


Light
Delicate
crispy
sweet
goodness



We will share these tonight with families
gathering for Christmas Eve 


and hopefully have a few left over for taking to Dallas where we will
celebrate with Ian's parents and his sister's family later this week.


A tasty treat and sweet memories......a wonderful tradition!




12.21.2012

It Does Snow in Houston!

I had a difficult time choosing just a few photographs of Meredith as Snow Queen.
There were literally hundreds.....so here are a few more than a few -

Meredith Achterkirch with Guest Artist Daniel Wagner of HB II
Photo credit to Steve O'Connor













































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