2022 Holidays | Merry Christmas!

December 26, 2022 by Debra

Hi, Merry Christmas 2022 to you. Our holiday festivities will be celebrated over a two week time frame beginning last weekend Saturday, December 17 thru next Monday, January 2, 2023. Funny how the older I become, the more I enjoy going slower. Enjoy the present a little more! The grand girls are the opposite, they have been so excited for Christmas morning and seeing what Santa brought.

We kick started the season with meeting up with my husband’s family on Saturday, Dec 17, 2022. Our Christmas gathering was at the Hollis Renewal Center. Our family has outgrown going to one family’s home to celebrate indoors during the chilly holiday.

Kevin’s siblings all were able to join; something I am truly grateful for! It was the second generation we missed. As the family grows time together is a commodity cherished when we can be together! They were missed as we had a wonderful time eating, playing games and celebrating this holy holiday Christmas.

Christmas with my parents was moved to Monday, January 2, 2023. Erika and her family had caught a cold from their travels the week before to Branson. Not wanting to pass the bug on, the decision to reschedule was made.

Kevin and I joined Erika and Shaune (and girls) on Saturday as previously planned; not to celebrate Christmas, but eat ham and beans and watch the Chiefs play football. The Chiefs won! Each time I am with the girls, I do my best to get our selfie. This day Brynlee was given the selfie stick and was in charge to take our picture this time.

My next post will feature the gathering for my folks, Erika’s family, Adam and my husband.

Merry Christmas 2022!

Best Wishes,

Christmas Dance Program and Dinner

January 9, 2017 by Debra 2 Comments

Hi, I’m catching up from a busy December. Wanted to share with you my grand-daughters Christmas dance program. My daughter had sent a text about Briella’s dance program about a week in advance. The night before, I made sure the camera batteries were charged and then packed camera and batteries into my purse. The day of the program I arranged it to leave work right on time (5pm). The program started at 6 pm and I had a 45 to 50 minute drive, really depended on the traffic that evening. Well I got there right at 6. Good thing too, the little dancers were in the room practicing first!

Okay we go in and take our seats. The dancers make their entrance and begin to dance the routine. The image above was taken while Brie was preforming. Notice that she is in the back- way back. During each song, she was in the back. Erika explained to me that our little social butterfly talks too much in class- never does as the teacher says. However, Brie did really good. She’s just like her mama. Erika was so busy in school: dance; band; forensics; honor society; FMLA; drama; track-cross country and several others that I don’t remember off the top of my head. Our little Brie is a mini Erika!

Okay- the program lasted about 40 minutes. Once over Erika invited me to eat dinner with them. We went to their favorite Mexican restaurant. Erika and Shaune each got a drink with Brie getting her special drink as well- a virgin strawberry daiquiri – imagine that!

Now I have to admit, when it came to the family Christmas gathering at my home- I was bad. Bad in the respect of not taking pictures. When I remembered it was well past the gift opening. I did snap a pic of the wonderful gift given to me from the grandkids- with mom and dad’s help. I will wear it with immense pride.

I love this sweatshirt!

May your New Year be filled with much love and happiness.

Best Wishes,

Fireplace Picture Display

December 1, 2015 by Debra 1 Comment

Hi, with Thanksgiving past and Christmas/New Year just around the corner and many pictures to follow; have you ever thought how you were going to display them? Or do you just leave them on your phone/camera?

Printing your images can sometimes be a bit overwhelming- how big to print and where to place them may be a few questions you have. I would like to provide inspiration! Here is one example for the living room- above a fireplace. It features two 11×14 wall prints, two 16×20 wall prints and one 10×10 wall print.

Fireplace Picture Display

Pick your favorite images. Don’t stress over this too much. Printing your own images is not as expensive as images taken professionally. And this allows more change outs for the holidays!

For this display, I wanted family images. The first 16×20 is of me and my husband. The next 16×20 is my daughters family. The two 11×14 images are group family pictures. And the 10×10 features four generations of the ladies in my family! After arranging this set of images, I would have liked placing a real close up of my granddaughter in the 10×10. But hey, like I said- printing the images myself is not too expensive to change out the images sooner rather than later.

fireplace picture display — Fireplace Picture Display

Don’t be shy enlarging your own images! Be sure to select matte print finish over glossy giving your images that professional edge. The printing lab you choose will also make a huge difference on the printed image. Mpix is the lab I recommend for your printing needs.

How do you display your images? I would enjoy hearing your ideas.

Best Wishes,