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{March is well under way}

February days are now gone and March has officially kicked in.   I finally purchased a new monthly focus board.  We ventured out for a day date which included a movie. I love our day dates. I will give my honest review about the movie for those interested. I wanted to see this movie as it was based on a true story. I did enjoy the movie but oh my, it was a tear jerker from the get go! It ended good but mercy! Let's just say that I am thankful that no one was sitting close enough to see my tear stained face. I am glad that I saw it but I am good for a while on sad movies, even if they do end good!   My oldest daughter, her husband and their son participated in the Spartan race which is a series of obstacle courses that challenge. They done so well. As you can see from the pictures it gets pretty muddy!  My three daughters participate each year in the Gate River Run. I love it that they do this together. They have so much support & encouragement from all the onlookers. I am just

Merry Christmas My Dear Blogging Friends


I feel like it's been forever since we've chatted. I have been so busy over the last couple of weeks, helping out with grandbabies, working part time, trying to do a little Christmas, and well, life is just busy right now. Anyone else there? 


Grandbabies sure makes life a whole lot sweeter. Those of you that have grands I can hear you saying AMEN! 


Seems time caught up with me quick this holiday season. I did manage with the help of my oldest granddaughter Raygen to get my kitchen and living room decorated for Christmas. There is an advantage to having older grands. LOL! 



I didn't decorate as much this year as I usually do but good enough for me. 


My granny's dishes got a touch of red this season added to them.


I love my centerpiece for my dining room table. You can't see but very little but the Dough bowl holding my centerpiece was given to me by my granny and her daddy, my great-grandfather actually carved the bread bowl. 



I am really enjoying my snowflake dessert dishes this season. 


And I have lost count on how many Santa's I have here and there. My daughter's think I am obsessed with him. LOL! I do love me a Santa though.



This is our youngest granddaughter. Even though this isn't a good quality picture I just love it. This was at my daughter's house and she had already told me that Adalynn wasn't allowed to touch her ornaments on the Christmas tree. WELL....SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS.................
She just wanted to experience the magic of Christmas....RIGHT? I love being a Nana....I get by with lots! 


 Matter of fact that little grandgirl helped me with a lot....


Notice how Santa's head is a cocked to one side? Well, she only wanted to have a tea party with Nana....LOL! 


It was nothing that we couldn't fix. 

But we did have a tea party....


Who could say no to this sweet girl?


She loved putting ornaments on the tree too. I found several just stuck in the tree.


 The last thing to go up this year was my tree. It is usually the first thing to go up but for a few years now I have been wanting a skinny Christmas tree. I think the proper wording is pencil tree. I love my Christmas tree's that I have and I say tree's because I have two full size trees and several 4ft white and 4 ft green trees. But this year I wanted something a little different. Do you ever get that way? 


My daughter Melissa ordered me a skinny tree and when it arrived and we put it together which was only three pieces my first thoughts were, "I AIN'T LIKING THE NEW TREE". But, as my sweet man said, "Cindy, I have never seen a pretty Christmas tree to be honest until it's decorated! TRUE! 


I absolutely love my skinny tree and so glad that I have it now. 


Don't you just love my newest ornament? My daughter Melissa and granddaughter Mallory brought it back for me from New York. And, it just happens to be my WORD for 2017 that the Lord gave me to focus on. 

I want to thank you all for being such sweet blogging buddies this year. Though I only have time to blog once a week and here lately that has been a hit and a miss but I sure enjoy you ladies. I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas. May we be so sweetly reminded that without Christ there would be no CHRISTmas. He is indeed the REASON FOR THE SEASON.


Hugs and blessings, Cindy






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  1. Cindy, I love the pictures and I love your skinny tree. I bought a thin tree last year and love it too. Plus, if you get tired of it and want to go back to big tree then that tree is thin enough you can put somewhere else. I LOVE the picture of your grandgirl touching the ornaments! Gave me a good chuckle.
    Connie Royals

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    1. Thanks Connie. I am loving the tree! Yes, I think I would have gotten in trouble about letting her touch the ornaments but then I am free help! LOL!

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  2. Cindy,I savored all your photos! Love seeing your grands! Merry Christmas sweet friend!

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  3. Your home is filled with love and joy and your Christmas decorations just add more to that! I had a pencil tree with pre-wired lights....until they burned out halfway down! I still have it waiting for me to figure out how to relight it! We went back to real for now. I agree.....without sweet grandchildren Christmas would be kinda boring! Have a very happy Christmas! xoxo

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    1. Ann Marie, I had a pre-lit tree too and when they all burned out I cut them off the tree as best as I could and then just put regular lights on there and by the time I added ornaments you could not even tell I cut them out. I will never own another pre-lit tree. But I am enjoying my skinny tree.

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  4. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Cindy filled with love and lots and lots of blessings. Your little one made my day!

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  5. Unfort. I have thing for Santa's and Snowmen, lOLOL. My poor husband, "Lindaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!"---your photos are just darling and that grand baby touching the ornament, just warms my heart, sweet friend.

    I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. smiles

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    1. Thank you Linda. I used to collect snowmen. Then I decided on Santa's. Mercy! LOL!

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  6. Cindy, your Christmas décor is SO very beautiful and that skinny tree is stunning! The only thing I see missing are Santa hats on those two bucks hanging above the fireplace, LOL! Your grands are just precious and really make Christmas so much fun! May you and your dear family have a most BLESSED Christmas if I don't "talk" to you before then. Love & hugs!♥♥♥

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    1. Thank you Debby. I actually had some Santa hats for the 4 bucks...yes I said 4 in my living room...HA! But somewhere along the way I have misplaced them. Merry Christmas to you dear friend.

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    2. I make it a point to get a new ornament for Dakota and I each yr....even if I just make it. This yr of course I added Lily! My grands also get one I make them. Loving all your beautiful stuff. I think I will miss all this stuff once I pack up this yr. I have actually been able to enjoy my holiday stuff more this yr than ever. Thanks for sharing.

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    3. Pam, I love all the Christmas once it's out. And I wish I could keep it up longer. I probably would if my husband would agree to it! LOL!

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  7. The house looks so pretty and festive. I love that pic of your youngest grandgirl too. So precious! Glad to see you blogging again. I know you're busy! Enjoy this special time with them all. I want a pencil tree for the kitchen! Yours is gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you Heather. I am really liking my pencil tree much better than I anticipated when I took it out of the box! LOL!

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  8. Your grandchildren are blessed to have such a special Grandma. Tea parties and everything else you to do to show your love to them. It seems that love was passed down. What a delight to have something hand carved from your great grandfather, passed on down to you. So special!
    Merry Christmas Cindy

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    1. Oh Christine, I love my bread bowl or as it is called in the Antique stores, Dough Bowl. It would never mean anything to anyone else but it surely does to me. We actually had another tea party today! So much fun.

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  9. What a wonderful, wonderful Christmas post, Cindy. You are so right- Grands are the best part of Christmas for me. I didn't decorate nearly as much this year as I usually do either. That's okay this year---lots of stuff going on. Love that precious picture of "do NOT touch the tree"....lol That is framable. Beautiful grandkids, by the way.

    Have a blessed, Merry Christmas. xo Diana

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    1. You have had lots of things going on girl. I don't know how you have done what you have. But the whole thing when it comes right down to it is NOT how much we decorate, or buy. It's spending time with those we love. I am learning that all the more as I get older. There's just some things money can't buy nor can pretty decor outdo! And that is precious memories!

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  10. Love the snowflake dessert plates! What a great find. Health problems so have not got baking done or cards out but Christmas presents done. Praying for good roads for our kids traveling this week-end here. Have a nice Christmas! Nancy

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    1. Thank you Nancy. I love those little snowflakes too. Have a Very Merry Christmas Nancy.

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  11. Hi Cindy, your home is so beautifully decorated. I love pencil trees too. Your granddaughter is just so sweet, they are just so much fun at that age. They're so full of awe about everything. I love your snowflake dessert decorations - very pretty. I just love your dough bowl. How amazing to have one carved by your great-grandfather. That is definitely a treasure. Wishing you and yours all the best for the Christmas season. Kelly

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    1. Kelly, I love old things that has been passed down. It brings such memories or either an opportunity to make new ones with our children. I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

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  12. Your decorations are so pretty and what fun to have all of that help! I’m hoping to get back to blogging once a week next year, I miss it but have been pretty busy with other obligations. They are fun but I miss hearing from my blogging buddies. I’m wishing you a very happy and blessed Christmas!!! Zenda

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    1. Oh I hope that you do Zenda. I think of you so often. Girl, I only blog once a week and that has been a hit and miss recently. Too much going on. Merry Christmas to you!

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  13. What a sweet post! And, that little Adalynn!! OH, my! That picture of her touching the ornament is just priceless! I know you surely enjoy your sweet grands, and what a blessing they are to you!! So grateful all is well in your world this Christmas season, my friend. May God's continued blessings be upon you all through the coming year, too!

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    1. I know Cheryl! I love that picture too of that sweet thing touching the ornament! Looked like a picture on the front of a Christmas card to me! Merry Christmas dear friend.

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  14. Your home looks so perfectly fun, and merry, my friend! I know what you mean about the grands, for sure. My three year old, Harper, just loves my ornaments! As Nana's we know that breakage happens, and yes, a little fixing takes care of things. How sweet that your oldest grand helped you decorate. The new tree looks wonderful, and yes, sometimes we just need something new. My big tree was the last thing that I did, too. I have to say that my bedroom tree is my very favorite, though.
    Enjoy your sweet family, and Merry Christmas Blessings to all of you!

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    1. I am so grateful my oldest grandgirl helped her nana this year! It really did help a lot. I bet your tree in your bedroom is pretty! Would love to see it. I can remember putting a Christmas tree in every room in my house! Girl, that was when I had a lot more energy I can assure you! Merry Christmas dear Kitty.

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  15. Amen on the blessings of Grandbabies! All of your decorations are beautiful. Jess says her kids get by with so much more than she did. ☺ Merry, blessed CHRISTmas to you and your family, my precious Friend! 💜

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  16. Merry Christmas to you, dear friend. I've been very busy, too, but always love to have time catch up wirh you. Your decorations are beautiful! Mine are very simple this year.
    ~Adrienne~

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    1. Merry Christmas to you dear lady and thank you so much. Adrienne, sometimes simple is the best to me!

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  17. Your Christmas decor is lovely, especially your fun Santa collection. I'm glad that you liked your new slim/pencil tree. A few years ago, my mom acquired a skinny, pop-up tree and it looked much more festive all decked out in holiday decor. Your adorable granddaughter made me smile. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

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  18. Those grands certainly do make the holidays exciting! :) We had a new one arrive Sunday night. I have had a bad cold so I have not been able to love on him yet. I've seen photos and he's one cutie!! Our 2 year old grandson was found standing in the middle of our coffee table one night checking out my ornament tree. There's only a tiny space between the tree and my nativity from Prague, which is under a cloche. Could not believe he didn't know anything off. I love your pretty dishes. I have had a very crazy 6 months. Hoping 2018 is better! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
    hugs,
    Jann

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    1. Congratulations on the new grand. Bless your heart. I know you have been on a roller coaster ride. Praying the new year will bring good health for you Jann.

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  19. I am so excited to be spending Christmas with grand babies this year! Your decorations are just beautiful!

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    1. Oh I bet you are Melanie. What a wonderful time you will have.

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  20. Awww...I LOVE the picture of your granddaughter and the tree. So cute!! And your believe ornament is so pretty. Very special, indeed. :) Like you, I've been super busy. It stinks because isn't this the time of year we're NOT supposed to be busy? ha, ha. Things are slowing down here for me now. Hopefully you find some rest soon, too. Have a Merry Christmas!!

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    1. Thank you. It seems that it's hard to balance busyness regardless of what time of the year it is but for some reason, Christmas does seem to be a busy season for most. Praying that regardless of how busy I may be that my focus is indeed on the Christ child. Merry Christmas.

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  21. It's all beautiful!!! Hope you and your wonderful family have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!!

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  22. Cindy, If I could blog once a week I would feel successful. I had a function at my house on Dec 11 and I had to scramble to get all decorated after having all my kids and grands staying here for a week at Thanksgiving. That's three meals a day and for 10 people! Needless to say, I did not have time to read blogs or blog! I am still catching up. We went to our daughter's for five days for Christmas. We got home on the 26th and I've been packing up the decorations since. I think it's all put up but the naked tree is still in the family room.
    I love your new pencil tree and to have numerous others all I can say is ,Wow! How sweet to have help with your decorating.
    It is so sweet to have a little one still in diapers and another on the way.
    Love your, "Believe" ornament. So glad you had a wonderful Christmas. Sorry, I didn't get by before but I had my hands full.
    Now, it is time to say, Happy New Year!

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Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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