Christmas 2008

A Christmas post.  Finally.  Hee hee.  : )  Sorry to keep you waiting…  We had a wonderful Christmas.  It was filled with the true meaning of Christmas.  We also had fun at the Christmas parties and get togethers.

You know that I probably took at least 37363338373 photos.  So, here are just a few of them…  : )

Needless to say…Elmo Live was a HIT (thanks, Papo and Clem)

So was the Little Tykes basketball hoop.  DUNK!!!!!  (thanks Jimmy and Lesa)

My parents peeling potatoes for a tasty Christmas dinner.

The dollhouse?  A MEGA hit!  I couldn’t even get my niece and Emma  to turn around so that I could take a photo of their smiling faces.

“Ooooooooooooo…JACKPOT…cousin Izzy’s Hannah Montana guitar…”

“YEAH, baby!!!!”

Sorry, Dave.  You SAW me taking photos of you rockin’ out with your daughter’s sweet Hanna Montana guitar…and, you could have stopped me.  Any photos taken with my Rebel are bloggable, my friend.  ; )  Hey, give thanks…I decided to keep the truly blackmail-able shots all to myself.  : D  I will erase said photos for a price…lots and lots of Godiva.  Truffles.  Dark.  Oooooo yeah…  ; D

On a sentimental note… 

My beloved Grandmother passed away earlier this year.  When her grandchildren were small, each year she would have each one draw her a special picture.  She would then take all of the pictures and hand embroider them onto pillowcases and she would give the pillowcases to them as gifts at Christmastime.  Needless to say, the pillowcases are true TREASURES…I have a STACK of them and they are precious to me.  Not only are they a snapshot of childhood…but they are true handmade gifts of love.  My mother has decided to pick up where my grandmother left off.  And, this year, my mother’s grandchildren each received an embroidered pillowcase…  My grandmother would be touched and proud.

Emma’s pillowcase had her handprints and footprints embroidered onto it.

Ahhhhh…young love.  My brother with his fiancé, Lesa.

My niece Isabel with her handmade tutu from auntie Tera.

Goodies…fresh off of the plane from Guatemala.  A PRECIOUS gift from precious friends!!  I love you, Tricia!!  This sweet gift meant so much to me!

If you have not read about Tricia’s recent trip to Guatemala, please visit her blog and read all about it.  You will be touched and you might even be inspired to ACT.

I love Emma Grace.  Very much.

God bless,

Tera

Happy New Year!

A new year and a new look for my bloggy.  : )  Yes, I will post Christmas pics…I’ve been slacking!  ; )

I hope that you had a fun and safe New Year’s Eve!

God bless,

Tera

A Quick Post

I’m still here.  : D  Just laying low.  : )  I’ll post a bunch of photos from Christmas soon!  We had a wonderful Christmas.  : )  And, honestly, I’m kind of sad that it’s over.  ; )  It was SO MUCH FUN to have a two year old at Christmastime.  I have spent the past few days playing with Emma, cleaning up, enjoying the tree (it feels like I put it up three days ago!) and working on a few online projects.   I hope that you all had a wonderful, meaningful Christmas!  I will post again soon and maybe take the Christmas decorations down from my little bloggy.  ; )

God bless,

Tera

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Here are SEVERAL photos from the past week or two…don’t forget to check out Emma’s Christmas video greeting in my previous post.  : )

Helping Mama by decorating the envelopes for gift cards.  : )

Checking out the wrapped gifts.

 

Visiting the Christmas display at Macy’s in downtown Minneapolis.

My chandelier decorations…a bit of cedar, a string of fresh cranberries and apple ornaments.  It sure is festive!

Dancing with Grandma and cousin Isabel at our Christmas party.

Emma’s sweet and silly cousins Grace and Isabel in their new PJs.

 

May your Christmas be filled with JOY…and the peace that can only come from knowing the One who came as a babe and then dwelt among us to seek and to save the lost.

God bless,

Tera

Special Christmas Greetings

Turn the music off in the right column of my blog before viewing the videos.  Enjoy!!  : D  And, Merry Christmas!!

God bless,

Tera

Our Christmas Card and a Sweet Revelation

Our 2008 Christmas card...  Are you surprised?  ; D  The graphics are by Shabby Miss Jenn Designs.  The card was designed by me.  ; )

A sweet revelation... 

This week, I was strolling through Target with Emma in the cart.  She is my little chatterbox...always chit chatting or singing.  : )  That day at Target, out of the blue, she looked up at me and said, "Mama...I HAVE A MOM AN' DAD!!"  I was a bit surprised at what she had said...I wasn't surprised that she was able to say the words "Mom and Dad"...she has been able to say things like that for more than a year...I was just sweetly surprised with the meaning behind the words!  At first, I wasn't sure if she really understood the meaning behind what she was saying...but in the past couple of days, she keeps saying it here and there and exactly in context!  It blesses my soul to no end to know that my precious little girl KNOWS that she has a true family..."A MOM 'AN DAD"...who love her to the moon and back!

God bless,

Tera

Still here!!

I just have a lot going on with card orders and a special project AND we have a family Christmas party at our house one week from today!  I will post again ASAP and I promise that the post will include PICS.  ; )

God bless,

Tera