For Christmas 2015 I received a Passion Planner from Russ’s Mom Karen. I knew as soon as I opened it that I loved it!
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My most recent read was The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season!
We spent Christmas morning at home.
We got Joy and Luna their own new beds and their own new toys knowing this would happen...
Instead of playing together with the monkey toy (The tag said, "two dog toy!), they kept stealing it from each other and sulking when they did not have it. Also, there were new dog toys everywhere.
We went to Mom and Dad's for Christmas Day. Best Christmas yet! Mom, Dad, Oscar Puppy, Felix Puppy, Aunt Becky, Uncle Bill, Dave, Sara, Olive, Robert, Arthur, Karen and Phill and were there. THAT is a fun group!
Look at those baby polar bear paws! I love them so much!
Abby taught the puppies how to play the piano. I think they made some progress. Dawn would be proud!
We heard you had ham? And beer?
I told Aunt Becky if she didn't want pictures of her taken, she should stop being beautiful. She could not do it.
Arthur!
I love this picture of Robert showing Abby his fire truck!
Ernie Dog ornament that my tech friend painted for Mom several years ago
Do you ever remember rain storms in Omaha on Christmas? I don't, and I am very, very old.
Thank you for this puppy chow Aunt Penny! It was almost too pretty to eat! Also...it is mostly gone :)
I love these pictures!
Are you tired Oscar?
We are a little tired.
Merry Christmas!
These are actually pictures through all of December out by Karen and Phill's and the Jones family's homes.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays all!
Lucy by her tree
The rarely photographed Phill Finch
I love this picture of Tidus and Lucy!
Karen and the doggies
Tidus being cute
Tidus being cute in a hoodie
Tidus and Abby
The rest of these are pictures from Christmas Eve at the Jones's house. Merry Christmas! We love you all!
Snookie Jones by her tree
The big kids decorating cookies
Abby and her hedgehog sweater and hedgehog friend-cousin
Oh Pickles!
Russ and Matthew
Facetiming with Kylah!
Nice smile Travis!
Matthew made this for Kristi! I cannot get over how gorgeous it is!
I tried to photoshop out Oreo's idiopathic corneal edema, but ended up leaving her in all her natural beauty. I could not fix it, but it does not hurt.
Jones's tree is always beautiful!
Amanda by the tree
:)
I am pretty sure by the time this is posted, Amanda will have stayed up all night reading this book from Aunt Jodi. She was so excited!
This is seriously about two minutes after the previous picture :)
That is not your hat, sir.
This is my favorite Christmas Eve picture! Aunt Kristi took it of Madi opening her gift from Kristi - a pillow with pictures of Madi and her horse on it :) I think Madi loves her pillow as much as I love this picture, maybe more.
When you are a big kid, gloves are a cool gift.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays and happy new year to you and your family with lots of love from ours <3
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Post from one year ago today...
December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas <3
For the past several years, we have gotten our Christmas tree from Cirian's Farmers Market in Midtown Omaha.
It does not show in dog and cat vision, but the tree Abby was looking at was flocked a beautiful bright green.
"Why do you flock trees green?" I asked the person helping with our tree.
"Because we can. Why do they dye their hair purple?" he replied.
:)
Abby noticed a tree was flocked black with sparkles. So this year for the first time, our tree is not only flocked purple, it also has sparkles. What's the downside?
The tree is BEAUTIFUL! So is our floor. In EVERY room. And both dogs. Again, no downside!
Russ and Joy prepare to decorate.
My favorite picture - Amanda lifting Abby up to put Grandma Amanda's angel on the top of the tree!
One picture in full color! Because, purple you guys!
This tree skirt is missing hand prints from the years we have had pets who would have peed on it. We are missing quite a few years. Still cute though. And pee-free!
Our neighborhood Christmas party was this past week. As always, we had a very nice time. We have the best neighbors!
Russ was compared to a young Moses, which is, of course, a compliment!
Mary and Sarah led games again. They were so fun. :)
We had to draw a Christmas scene on top of our heads!
Top left - Russ's, top right - mine, bottom - Abby's. My great idea to hang our pictures on our wall was vetoed.
Sandy won! Woo!
Irma won the alphabet game! It couldn't happen to a better person!
Merry Christmas All!
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Post from one year ago today...
December 18, 2015
Me: Why are there no girl socks clean?
Amanda: Socks aren’t gender-specific, Mom.
Me: I need pink socks smaller than Dad’s!
Amanda: Better.
Dr. Perry graduated in 1956, and his Dad, also a vet, graduated in 1931.
Happy Thanksgiving!
It is one of my best memories from when I was a kid.
Dr. Belling and his team at Summit Dental Health in Dundee and Bellevue are excellent.
Irma saw me at the grocery store and said, "You need raisins?! Put those back! I have some in my pantry you can have!"
Oh, you have to mark that somehow!
Fall time pictures from Abby
I am not yet used to such insolence.
Mr. Canfield often hired students from Grace Bible College because he said they were good workers.
I am pretty sure I would be excited about any subject Gary Vee spoke or wrote about, random stuff I wouldn’t otherwise give a second thought, like…wine.
That's better.
Individual servings can be made ahead of time and stored in baggies or made as needed.