A Christmas Tea

Tea time are some of my happiest times. I love tea with cream and sugar and always served in a tea cup. Mugs are for coffee and hot chocolate (I believe =) ). It has been a long time since I have had a tea time like this one. My usual routine is to have a really good book and soft classical music on in the background. 

Ruthie made black berry and Nutella turnovers. They were extremely yummmmmmmmy! My boss gave me a beautiful red table cloth and matching napkins for Christmas. It made our tea party really pretty =) It was a nice quiet and peaceful moment after all of the holiday excitement. 

A Beautiful Christmas Eve

Christmas is an exciting time! God said to rejoice! For our savior has been born! A savior for all mankind! Israel had been waiting two thousand years for the Christ that would redeem them of their sin. Thank you Lord!

These pine cones smelt like yummy warm cinnamon. It filled the whole house!


We had a lovely Christmas eve dinner. Our dinner was Zuppa Toscana soup with soft dinner rolls and yes, RIBS! Our desert was cherry blackberry pie. I didn't want to show the cooked picture of the pie, because the berry sauce overflowed and looked really really messy! The pie was delicious though! I just took one can of cherry pie filling and a bag of black berries mixed them together and put them directly over the pie crust. The sweetness from the cherry pie filling was enough for it all! I don't like it too sweet =) 

All of us at our Christmas Eve service

Stockings

My sister Ruthie, has been making stockings recently. She has done such a nice job and it really inspires me to pick up sewing again. We both have decided to take a class together at Joanne's fabric store. I am getting really excited about it. =)

 We are progressing on our baby blankets that we are crocheting, but I have noticed recently that my blanket has started to decrees on the side! GREAT! Now I have to go back AGAIN and try to figure out what I did wrong =)! The pattern is so simple, but I keep messing up on the number of stitches. Maybe I should try another pattern? Oh well, its a lot of fun and I have enjoyed doing it with Ruthie. =) 

Family Christmas Pictures

Benjamin and I at our churches HUGE Christmas play.

Ruthie is so pretty!!!


Here are some pictures of the family. Myself, Benjamin and his brother and sister who live with us. =) We have a lot of fun together! Yeah, that's why we have a nice size house! Ha! It would be a little much if it was just for Benjamin and I! =) 

Is it just me or does anyone else have trouble using blogger? I can hardly do anything with my page. I don't know if it has to do with me having an apple? Or if it has to do with Safari? I have spent hours trying to upload a background and other things. I get a little farther each time, but not much =). Any thoughts?

Here are the rest of the pictures of our new house........

Here are the rest of the pictures of our house. I am still deciding how to decorate! There is a lot of space to fill. But luckily it is such a pretty house, it looks pretty nice on its own! Yes, we do have a pool, which in Arizona it is almost necessary to have one. God has greatly blessed us with this beautiful home =)

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity is one my heros! If anyone is interested in politics or world events tune in to The Sean Hannity Show AM radio. We actually went to one of his events in September held in New Jersey. Its called "The Freedom Concerts" held in honor of the fallen solders and their living children. They had Ann Coulter, Cornell Oliver North, LeAnn Rimes, Rudi Giuliani, and tons more. It was really encouraging and inspiring. I will post pictures later. 

Some Pictures Of Our New Home =)

Here are some pictures of our new house! I couldn't put all of them up. I will post more later. 

Crocheting!

I have gotten encouraged to start up crocheting again! I admit it is extremely fun and exciting to see progress on my project. Really crocheting is not difficult. The toughness is learning all the basics, but after that let your fingers fly!!!