~We had a very Merry Christmas~

I trust that you had a Very Merry Christmas!!  

Christmas is not about what we get, 

but about celebrating the Birth of our Savior...

and spending time with those we LOVE! 

~The 6 of us, had a glorious Christmas getting to spend time with My Dear Parents, Daryl and Laura, Darla, and Bryan (My sister and family from FL), Chris and Kimberly, Josh and Sarah!!

We had family alter twice a day.  In the morning we would have devotions around the table after brunch. We would always end with a song.  God's sweet presence settled down on us each time!

At night, after Scripture and prayer, my Daddy would read a Christmas story, a tradition that I Love!!

~Please enjoy pics of our Christmas~

~I LOVE this sign.  

HOME IS NOT A PLACE ...

IT'S A FEELING!!!!!

~You may have seen this hack on Instagram.  

Take your cinnamon rolls while they are still in a jelly-roll form (before you slice them into cinnamon rolls), 

and lay them around a bowl, use scissors to cut the cinnamon rolls nearly through, and pull them out and lay them down.  

(I forgot to take out the bowl. ;-)

Glaze after baking.

Fun and Delicious!~

~Having a Missionary Service~

~We invited the dear couples, 

who meet with us each week to pray, over for a snack.~

~I love this antique Christmas tree.  

I grew up with one in my home and in my Grandmother's home!~

~It snowed the day the Daryl and Laura came.  

How fun for them to see snow.~

~The guys doing the Christmas puzzle.~

~We enjoyed taking them to Miller's Amish store.~

~I made The Yummy Mexican soup called Pozole. 

Here were the toppings.~

~Pozole~

~I got this new recipe for Pecan Tassies!  DELISH!!~

~We draw names, and Elijah had Sarah's name and got her a bunny.~

~She had just said, "Is Something going to stick their head out of this box?" 

When the bunny looked out of the box. :-D

~Gramp reading a Christmas story.~

~Visiting in the living room.~

~Abigail Loves her cousin Bryan!!~

~Parfait and Quiche for Breakfast.~

~On the way to pick up Sarah's bunny, Lem, the lady told Elijah he could have Lem's 

brother for FREE.  

He was thrilled. :-D

~Basketball~

~Disc Golf.~

~Moma, Laura, and I.  

It was SO NICE to be together!!  

We don't get to be together very often now that God called Daryl and Laura to FL.  

It was so special to have them come by for some days!!~

~While we were cooking Daddy and Moma would often set on stools and watch us and visit with us.   They both did their share of helping!~

~Strawberry covered Chocolate shortbread.  (Recipe in Recent Taste of Home.)

~We also made Carnitas.  YUM!~

~Phillip preached a couple Wednesday nights.~

~Sean, Bryan, and Noah.~

~Favorite cousins. :-) ~

~With Rob and Stephanie.~

~Cousins~

~Our 4 Sweet,  Precious, Adorable Girls...

Decorating Christmas cookies.

How I love our 6 Children, and their mates.  

"I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH!!!"

(3 John 1:4)

~Christmas goodies~

~Walking to the creek with Gramp.~

~Emily A. sent this Memory that came up on FB, from years ago. Kimberly was dressed in black, so that means that she had just finished playing Christmas songs at 

Chick-fil-a.~

(Look how little everyone was...Where, oh Where, does time go?)

~Moma and I making Grandma Bryan's potato salad.~

~One of my gifts from my sweetheart.~

~The family down by the creek.~

~Tins of Christmas snacks.~

~I mixed up French bread really quickly before the Thursday night prayer meeting.

(We always eat supper after the prayer meeting.) ~

~Thursday night Prayer Meeting.

God met with us.  

His sweet presence was so CLOSE!~

~It was so nice to have everyone there to pray.~

~My brother Andrew's fish from AK went perfectly with 

Grandma Bryan's potato salad, 

and my French Bread.~

~We gave some Christmas gifts on Friday, 

because Chris and Kimberly 

were leaving for PA.~

~Noah's name gift...with question marks and guess who, that he drew all over his gift."

~We draw names, and Abigail had my name. 

She gave me a yummy smelling candle 

and $ to 

publish one of my blog books. 

I publish my blog books, and our family loves to sit and look through them!

I was so happy!~

~A fun Christmas Story.~

~Exhausted.~

~On Saturday morning, Noah and I ran to get some milk, and ran to Yoder's (formally Kiems) 

to get their yummy donuts for breakfast.~

~Christmas Eve.~

~Yummy sliders.~

~Our Christmas Eve Sunday dinner was quite simple.  

In just a few hours, we had to turn around and go back to church for the candlelight service, AND I NEEDED A NAP :-), 

so we did sliders, Noah did his delicious Brussel sprouts and 

we had some of my chicken broccoli soup that was leftover from the night before.~ 

~Candlelight Service.~

~FUN MEMORIES FROM OUR CHRISTMAS CARD 

FROM ARGENTINA, DEC. 2015!~

~Playing games with the kids.~

~FUN MEMORIES!~

~On our piano.~

Brittany Fogleman took this pic of us years ago, before Jesus sent us Abigail.~

~The finished Christmas puzzle.  

Now, they have another one to start on.~

~Mrs. Satterfield made this beautiful blanket for us for Christmas.~

~CHRISTMAS DAY!~

These pics are not necessarily in order.

~On Christmas afternoon, Noah made me a yummy eggnog latte.~

~Our simple Christmas dessert.~

~I got this Gibson Christmas China way back in AZ at the Dollar Tree 

(before we went to the mission field). 

I have not gotten to use it for years.

It was fun to use it this year.

~Daddy and Moma gave me this adorable butter knife.  

They gave Special gifts from their house this year.

I grew up with butter knives in this style.  

Some years ago, Daddy and Moma found a miniature knife like the big ones.  

I FELL in love with that tiny knife.

Sooo cute! 

~Moma's pretty gift wrapping.~

~Josh and Sarah got this cute tin of cookies for Gramp and Gram.~

~The neat old childhood toy block that belonged to Grandma Bryan's brother, Uncle John.  

He was a pastor near where Josh and Sarah are pastoring.~

~Gramp and Gram, & The whole family...

Just missing Chris and Kimberly~

~Stockings~

We don't do a lot of candy. 

We do bags of dried fruits, dark chocolate, and then I went to Miller's dent and bent grocery and 

got some fun drinks for Cheap to add to the kids' stocking.

~I woke up at 3:52 A.M. on Christmas morning and went to the living room, 

turned on Christmas music really low, 

Turned on my Bible, 

turned on my warmer so the room smelled yummy, 

and enjoyed some me time wrapping gifts for my precious family!~ 

~Bacon wrapped little sausages, with brown sugar sprinkled on top. Bake and enjoy!~

~This pic was taken at Gospel Center Church in Phoenix, AZ, when Mom Dickinson was 10.

She is on her knees in the 2nd row on the left with glasses.~

~This cup says, "Milk"...

If latte is milk, it is my favorite kind.  Lol!~

~Wednesday night, Phillip preached at our Church. 

The Flings were in town, 

and afterwards 

the they invited us to go out 

with them and others.~

~Rob and Martha Loper and some of their family 

came over for a fun visit.~

The kids got the games all ready to play.

~Fun Snacks on which to munch.~

~Elijah and Eli had fun running all over the country. ~

~We had so much Fun with the Lopers,

eating the goodies that she brought and that we made, 

telling stories and laughing, 

playing games and laughing, 

and drinking lattes that Noah made us.

~Pencil Nose.~

~The Guys~

~The Girls~

~Martha and I. 

She is such a sweet friend.~

May Each of you have a Very 

Happy New Year 

In JESUS!

If you haven't noticed, A lot of our prayer warriors are going on to Heaven. 

That means, that you and I need to step up and help take their place.

I plan to pray more 

during 2024!!

~Heather~