Sunrise Christmas Day and Reflections of 2009

This Christmas season, we were very blessed to give and share with others, the real meaning of Christmas. And in turn we were blessed by our family members by their Christmas phone calls, meaningful gifts, and being told how much we are loved, as Christmas is Love. Thank you children and friends for helping make our Christmas very special. Our prayer for each of you is to find the real meaning of Christmas, by giving out of love, no matter how big or small the gift may be. "Give and it shall be given unto you, pressed down, shaken together and overflowing." Now what more could a person ask for!!! Have a wonderful 2010 New Year.

Family joining us for Christmas dinner

It wouldn't be Christmas without family around. I was glad Tanya, Jon and Max joined us for Christmas dinner this year. And it was great to see they enjoyed the turkey dinner. They were good eaters and some even had two plates!! Glad you enjoyed the Christmas dinner, and thank you for the gifts!!! Happy New Year to you all too!!

Jerry's First Lionel Train

After 65 years, Jerry finally got his first Lionel train for Christmas 2009. It was fun to watch him put the tracks together, hook up the transformer, watch the smoke roll from the smokestack, and see the light shine from the locomotive as it goes around the track. The twelve days before Christmas he opened a small gift every night that could be used in the scenery building. He now dreams of building a train room. Sounds like fun!!

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010 !

Our newly remodeled kitchen and dining room

We are enjoying our freshly painted, new shelving, new floor and kitchen island in our kitchen and dining room. I find it very enjoyable to sit around the table and visit. I am enjoying the kitchen island very, very much. It's great to be able to visit with company and prepare meals too!! Great investment. I love my "delicious red" painted kitchen cabinets. (name of paint) We had fun putting together the kitchen and dining room. We opened up a closet and put in a china hutch which we like very much too. It's fun to entertain now!!

Redecorating Jerry's Bath

I wanted to updated Jerry's bathroom, before, our guests arrived. He loves taking pictures of the birds, so we have several bird pictures displayed. Birds he has taken in our yard. And also a new vanity, added a fresh touch to an old bathroom!!

Sign In Sheet for Treadmill workouts

I decided that we needed to sign in and record our progress each time we did our treadmill workout. My goal is to keep us honest and motivated and see our progress. So far so good. It's been six days so far. It's a start!