Posts Tagged with "tradition"

Tis the Season for Cookies!

Monday, December 7, 2009

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Annual Cookie Day I get together every year with my mom, sisters-in-law (and their mothers), and my mother-in-law to bake. We call it Cookie Day. But really, it is a day each year to connect with one another. Some of us bake, others do projects to help them get ready for Christmas (like addressing Christmas [...]

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Happy New Year!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Welcome 2009! We had a merry-filled evening with good cheer, french bread with olive oil and cracked pepper, and loved ones (Neat Pete’s brother Tim and our sis-in-law, Lisa). Ry got to stay up late, 9:30 p.m., to celebrate. He had no idea what the big deal was about New Years, he just wanted the [...]

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Lingering Christmas

Monday, December 29, 2008

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I am not tempted to make a check-mark on my list called, “Take down Christmas”.  My bathroom’s red and green fingertip towels are in no danger of being sequestered to the attic any time soon. I love the twinkle lights, in and on my home, that brighten the dark, wintry nights that lie ahead. The [...]

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Applicious III

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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Apple Orchard Day with Family Lil’ Miss Molly sat on her tuffet eating her apples and whey. Aunt Carly’s “cute” apple Uncle John (Neat Pete’s little brother) heroically jumped to give pick for her in the orchard lane. Uncle Tim (Neat Pete’s middle brother) and Ry strut their stuff through the orchard. Aunt Lisa showed [...]

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Father’s Day

Monday, June 16, 2008

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Peter was presented with a homemade breakfast smoothie and a plate of bacon for his Father’s Day Breakfast. I did wonder if giving him a heart attack on a plate was actually a gift or not but none the less it was readily devoured. After church services we went to Prior Lake to celebrate with [...]

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