It was Christmas

It was Christmas!

somebody ran through this picture REALLY FAST.........LOL. Silly Callie the Barn Cat. LOL

 Wow, December has flashed by so quickly!

John Sloane country calendar

And we have definitely  had ourselves a country house Christmas:

I add a new reindeer to my collection each year. This year it was a pretty clear GREEN reindeer, and I couldn't resist the red one to go with it! LOL

I bought some for presents too

Caught Tracie Gale and Amybelle outside playing with the reindeer one warm day: LOL

there has been wrapping and bows:

getting Christmas cards signed, sealed, stamped, and mailed. 

and cookies!

We've been on the trails ALOT

Enjoying the nice warm weather. I think it was almost 80 here on Christmas day.


This day we were out making our annual Christmas card pictures:

the girls were ready to go!

Modeling their new Christmas outfits! LOL

some of us got tired! LOL

We enjoyed packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child:

That was a FUN evening at church

so was our Christmas meal at church on another evening, here's one of the pretty centerpieces:

Our ladies decorated their coops for Christmas LOL

the moon on Christmas Eve

Advent candles

I wore THREE CHRISTMAS PINS on my sweater! LOL. Got this idea from Miss Pam over at Still Waters Pond (Closed Doors, Open Windows) blog!

She did it and I thought "what a fun idea!!", so I did too!

Christmas Eve

My little old Christmas pocketbook, I carry it Christmas Eve. It's so old it has yellowed, but I still love it and take it. I glued those little beads and rhinestones on that about 25 years ago, LOL

Christmas Eve Candlelight service was beautiful

We've been enjoying all the pretty Christmas hymns and carols all November and December:

I love them all so much!

We've enjoyed lots of good Christmas movies:

My church collection:

Christmas Day at the coop

The ladies are all lined up waiting on their Christmas supper!

They loved it!

Back on the trails on Christmas Day:

one of my favorite presents.....the pearl and red Carnelian necklace:

I got the green aventurine and freshwater pearls one for Christmas last year:

and I got the blue lapis lazuli one for my birthday this past spring! So I'm very happy to now have them in all the colors I wanted

also got books:

stocking goodies

Tammie and Bindie's "stockings"

a bag of goodies from a friend....a big blue tin of shortbread cookies, herbal tea, loaf pans, cookie cutter,  a pretty kitchen towel, and a little tree that lights up and plays music

a relative sent us this pretty tree nightlight......it's bright and pretty!

I was so busy Christmas day I didn't get any pictures but we did have a good Christmas supper.....Mr. Front Porch grilled us salmon, and we had baked 'taters. There was plenty left over for two more days of salmon, scalloped 'taters, and the good Sister Shubert rolls.....yum. LOL

The December moon a couple of nights ago:

I'm way behind, but hope to get around to visiting and commenting on your Christmas posts here this week. 

I hope everybody had a great Christmas!

It's almost New Years!!