and she is stuck in denver . . . because of computer problems & ice storms. so plans tonight get rearranged - but she'll make . . . eventually!
our internet today is worse than dial-up! that always makes me feel as though i'm wasting my afternoon. since i wait forever for pages to load. xanga itself seems to be especially bad - maybe its just my computer. so i've come & gone from the computer dozens of times waiting for this and that.
i need to go run. that will help my frustrations : ) its cold outside & my hands are already freezing - but i'll bundle up in all my not so attractive warmth and head out. soon enough i'll wish i didn't have so many layers on and be hot even though i can see my breath & i'll be glad i went . . . once i get back!
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sailor & jack helped me with christmas cards this year. they decorted the envelopes. i really would have taken pictures of them all had not all been addressed with names & street numbers!
manger scenes like the one above were most popular. so were angels, snowmen & stick person drawings of the family it was going to. they were all original. the cousins she's never met that sent a picture with santa in it she drew santa, the reindeer & his sled. the last thing she did with aunt robin was make gingerbread houses so her envelope had them making gingerbread houses on the front. she went the the beach last with amy k - so her's got a big wave & sand. she said it was 'tough' to draw mommy's holding babies so sometimes the daddy's were drawn holding the babies.
if she didn't know a great aunt or an old friend of mine she drew candy canes. she giggled when she colored the one to uncle rex - she didn't know that daddy was an uncle rex & had an uncle rex!
jack drew 'dump trucks' on his - or what he claimed were dump trucks. we at least tried for red & green dump trucks and to not draw on mommy's letters!
benny mostly 'drew' pictures for daddy and had to be reminder again and again that the stamps were not stickers : )
and we think molly wished she was bigger so she could have sat at the table with us and color too.
my 2 favorite lines were -
'thats a long way to go - all the way to santa maria!' nevermind the cards we sent all the way to kentucky & south carolina : )
and a classic sailor line -
'are they fiance's ???' - nope they are married : )
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& here's a couple random outtakes of this years christmas card picture . . . not all make the cut : )
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and the one that made it -
for all who read this who we don't have addresses for - merry merry christmas.
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and mary said -
' . . . my soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has looked on the humble estate of His servant for behold from now on all generations will call me blessed - for He who is mighty has done great things for me & holy is His name. and His mercy is for those who fear Him from generation to generation . . .' - luke one
i love the nativity story .. .. ..
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