Merry Christmas Memories & Snapshots

• The pretty snow falling and the boys making snowmen
• Egg bread casserole and cinnamon rolls for breakfast
• Mr. H being a good sport .  . . his present never arrived in the mail.  BUT he gets to go pick out a LEGO from Wal-Mart today.  Yeah!!

• A mid-day nap for a tired mamma
• how sincerely excited the boys were to give their gifts chosen for others
• editing and trying to restore a wedding picture of Grandma's folks to display in an upcoming family wedding next summer
• the continual blazing fire Mr. E kept stoking throughout the day
• Grandpa's gift he picked up in Hershey, PA. . . candy bars!

• Grandma keeping that kitchen sink cleared from dirty dishes
• Little A continually trying to sneak the chocolates
• Lucy the cat sleeping on daddy's lap throughout the afternoon
• The kids watching Home Alone and hearing their laughter
• Dodging NERF bullets and eventually sending the "dartmen" downstairs
• Grandma and Z-man playing the "Marbles" game.

• Reading the first story from A Treasury of Christmas Miracles by Karen Kingsbury, after dinner.
• New recipes I tried. . . Crock pot rosemary pork roast with cherry sauce, cauliflower in a cream and cheese sauce along with other favorites:  Mom's famous sweet potatoes, and Jan Boates delicious Spinach Salad.
• The encouragement I received. . . everyone gave the dinner a thumbs up, "delicious!".  Isn't that music to a cooks' ears?
• CHEERS!  Grandpa's toast and the boys favorite part. . . clinging the glasses.  Only one crystal glass chipped this year-- Daddy it's OK, accidents happen.

I have yet to mail a Christmas card and I have a feeling that today will not be the day I start.

It's always wonderful to have left-overs to rely on for feeding the crew.

Other than a few loads of laundry, I'm takin' it easy today.

Maybe I'll play with my new camera lens!!

Happy Saturday, day after Christmas,

Heather