MERRY CHRISTMAS! :) A wonderful holiday, with family , friends, and Christmas Spirit :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :)

my family, Holly,and i want to take this time, to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas :) Sending our love, and our most warmest friendship hugs :) Hi angel friends! :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a happy, blessed, joyful, and very Merry Christmas :) Thank you all, our dear angel friends for your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes, and for making our Christmas holiday, and season very special, and memorable :) We're very heart happy and excited! :) We've been thinking of you all often today, cherishing and treasuring all of the very special, and heart warming moments being shared, and many wonderful Christmas memories being made today,and all throughout the season :) As we celebrate with our family's, friends, and the beautiful spirit of the season, we're all with eachother in spirit :) We're enjoying a very Merry Christmas with everyone :) We love these very special times, sharing in and celebrating with everyone :) it's very special to our hearts :) We love you all, and we treasure the wonderful gift of your friendship :) The spirit of Christmas is all around with the heart warming festivities, and traditions of the season :) Our holiday home is glowing bright, on Christmas day :) Our Christmas trees, lights, decorations, our cards, and all of the festive spirited cheer making our hearts glow :) We love Christmas, and the wonderful joy it brings :) We're very heart happy and excited, to hear about your Christmas holiday and sharing ours :) Merry Christmas Wishes, and happy friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and holiday home to yours :)

CHRISTMAS MORNING! :) This morning, we had a beautiful new day rising and shining :) December 25th, Christmas day! :) awww! :) Christmas morning is one of the most exciting mornings of the year, and brings back lots of very special memories for me, of when i was a kid, and the exciting anticipation of the arrival of Christmas morning :) i remember those Christmas Eve nights, car rides home from my grandma's house and looking up at the sky to see if i could spot the color red, as it would give me the great joy of thinking i spotted rudolph the red nosed reindeer! :) i remember waking up on Christmas morning, and us all going out into our living room, and presents and presents under the tree, and even tall presents climbing up our ceiling! :) it was always so exciting,and meant that Santa Claus visited our home! :) we opened presents for hours,and i remember having so much fun playing with the toys i recieved :) i cherish and treasure these very special Christmas time memories from over the years, and the wonderful joy the holiday brings each year :) seeing my nieces and nephew's very excited for Christmas, and opening presents, brings back all of those awesome memories for me :)

it was a wonderful Christmas morning :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, wishing friends a Merry Christmas :) Holly and Tiger woke up, and we wished eachother a Merry Christmas,and i heard my mom upstairs :)We wished eachother a Merry Christmas :) Tiger was so excited :) Santa Paws brought her a toy in her Christmas stocking! :)awww! :) she got a toy mouse :) she loves it! :) i took some pictures of Tiger :) Sweet Christmas moments :) i put my Christmas town lights on :) i've been enjoying my Christmas town ,so very much and sharing it with everyone :) i love displaying our Christmas cards, gifts, and treasures in my Christmas town :) We left our Christmas lights outside on all night, for our holiday home to glow and glow into the Christmas Eve night,and into Christmas morning :) it was such a sweet, and festive Christmas morning :) i bundled up warmly, gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my Christmas morning nature walk :) it's a very special Christmas tradition, putting lots and lots of goodies outside for our nature friends :) it's a very special gift for them, for Christmas holiday :) i put the goodies all around our backyard, peanuts, sunflower seeds,and breads :) our nature friends are very happy, gathering the goodies :) We love our nature friedns, and the joy they bring us throughout the seasons of the year :)it warms our hearts, and brings us smiles, knowing our nature friends are enjoying lots of goodies, on Christmas holiday :) Happy nature smiles :)

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS OPENING!!! :) We began to gather in our living room, near our Christmas tree to open Christmas presents :) Alyssa and the kids,and Lisa, Kayla and Zach came over :) my mom and dad brought out presents from our addition, and Holly and i brought presents upstairs, including some cookies platters :) We were all gathering around, and began to open presents :) wow!! :) this was so much fun!! :) We all recieved lots of very sweet, special, and wonderful Christrmas presents :) Holly and i recieved gift cards, holiday tea set, dunkins vanilla coffee k-cups, gift cards to walmart, ebay, pretzels, popcorn tins ,snacks, hotwheels, cookies, candy, dvds, including Home alone 1 and 2, TWD season 10, Big, The replacement, football movies, we also recieved a pretzels pin, i recieved new pajamas, Holly gave me some wonderful crafts she painted, including an awesome Washington Commanders football painting, i recieved a food dehydrator, beef jerky spice, Holly gave me a beautiful ornament she made :) the kids and us all were having so much fun opening presents :) Holly and i gave my mom and dad their presents :) i recieved a pack of top loaders plastic collectible holders, for my collectble ticket stubs :) sweet!!! :)We were sharing lots and lots of smiles :) We all love our wonderful Christmas gifts, and will always treasure them :) We're very heart happy and excited! :) wow! :) We all thanked eachother for our Christmas presents, gifts :) The kids were telling us, that the cookies and cupcake we gave them to leave on the table at home for Santa, that Santa enjoyed the cookies, and cupcake, and that Santa Claus gave them presents, and candy canes! :) awww! :) Lots of Christmas smiles being shared and many wonderful memories being made :)

Christmas Time visits! :) around late morning ,we were getting ready to go to Jenn's and family's house, and to visit with my brother Charlie at his house :) We gathered their presents, and enjoyed a nice car ride into our city :) Jenn and family greeted us :) we wished eachother a Merry Christmas :) they decorated their home for Christmas :) they welcomed us in :) We saw their Christmas tree :) we gave Hunter a cool football mini helmet like the one we gave Mikey :) we gathered in their living room, enjoying a nice visit,and opened presents :) Jenn, Mike, and the kids love their presents :) we gave them teas, household items, toys, crafts, and more :) they gave us some nice presents, including some dunkins candy, a pizza sandwich maker, some mugs, and socks :) We all love our wonderful presents, and thanked eachother :) Mike mentioned he has an extra computer monitor, and if i wanted it, i could bring it home :) i said, "Sure!" :) it's very nice of him :) After visiting with Jenn and family, we went over to my brother Charlie's house :) we wished eachother a Merry Christmas :) we gave Charlie a platter of christmas cookies, an oven mit, kitchen towel, and we also gave him an ornament,Holly painted a special ornament for him, featuring a cat with santa hat on , that says,"Fudge" :) Fudge is the name of his cat :) Fudge was very excited, and has a box of toys Charlie gave him :) Awww! :) We saw Charlie's Christmas tree :) Charlie gave Holly and i, a walmart gift card,and a jar of candy :) it was so nice, getting to visit with Charlie, and Jenn, and family :) Sweet Christmas time visits :)

This afternoon ,Bobby, and family came over to visit :) We wished eachother a Merry Christmas :) We enjoyed a nice visit, and had some snacks, cheeses, crackers, pepperoni, and chex mix :) We gave eachother presents :) Bobby and family gave Holly and i, a cookies tin that lights up and plays music, it's awesome, and such a neat Christmas scene :) They also gave us, a holiday kitchen towel, and a hickory farms gift set with goodies :) We all thanked echother for the kids :) my mom began to prepare a nice Christmas ham dinner :) We love ham dinner, for Christmas :) it's gonna be so nice enjoying the dinner this evening :)

Christmas Eve Party!!! :) Rockin around the Christmas Tree, with the awesome spirited glow of our holiday home! :) awww! :) yesterday evening, we had our annual Christmas eve party here at our house :) We put our Christmas lights on outside, our Christmas tree glowing bright :) Taylynne put the Home Alone movie on :) We were very happy and excited, as we got ready to enjoy some foods, snacks, and drinks :) Alyssa and family came over :) The kids were so excited, for all of the Christmas time cheer :) You all were with us in spirit :) We enjoyed some nice foods, snacks, drinks :) We had some sandwiches, ham, and more :) We love our nice swiss colony goodies we recieved, and have more of the goodies to enjoy this holiday season :) We love seeing our Christmas tree glowing bright on Christmas Eve :) my mom and i scratched some of our lottery tickets Christmas wreathes :) my mom had won $7 and had more tickets to scratch today, and i won a total of $10 :) We were hanging out until about 9pm :) it was so nice, and lots of great Christmas Eve memories being made :) Holly and i had some Christmas movies on last night too :) Tiger was spending time with us here on our couch :)She's having a fun Christmas season, playing with her toys,and having treats that Santa Paws brought her :) Aww! :) Lots of happy Christmas smiles being shared :)

We're enjoying a wonderful, happy, joyful, and very Merry Christmas :) Celebrating Christmas holiday :) a wonderful Christmas to remember! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) We're loving the holiday, and all of the very special, joyful, and festive times being shared with family, friends, and the beautiful spirit of Christmas :) We've been enjoying a very special and super fun time ,sharing in all of the joyful moments :) We love hearing about your holiday season festivities, traditions, and sharing ours :) We cherish and treasure all of the wonderful memories being made :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for celebrating with us, and for making our Christmas season very special, and memorable :)

We're enjoying settling into Christmas Evening :) Enjoying our Christmas dinner, snacks, drinks :) we love all of the wonderful and sweet, Christmas gifts we recieved :) From family and friends :) we'll always and forever treasure everything, and the very wonderful memories from Christmas season 2023 :) We've got some Christmas movies on this evening ,checking in on the football and basketball games too :) Our hearts are very happy, thankful, and blessed ,getting to share in and celebrate such a wonderful holiday season with everyone :)

We look forward to continued sharings, of the holiday's and the countdown to new year, 2023 :) This upcoming week, we're going to reflect back upon the wonderful Christmas holiday, and also gonna enjoy some nature walks, our shows, movies, sweet treats tuesday, super wednesday ghost hunters party, and lots more leading us into another super fun baking friday adventure :) our theme this week ,will be countdown to new year! :) i look forward to sharing our days, adventures, and pictures with everyone in my daily journals :) The wonderful spirit of Christmas is in the air, and the holiday season bringing lots of very special heart warming joy :) We've been enjoying our holiday home very much, with our trees ,lights ,our Christmas decorations ,displaying our cards, and lighting our outdoor lights :)

There's so much more to look forward too as the holiday's continue to shine ,and soon the countdown to new year, 2023 :) We're very happy, thankful,and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group, happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :) Wishing everyone continued joys of a wonderful holiday season, and very healthy,happy and wonderful new year, 2023 is almost here! :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a wonderful, and very Merry Christmas, sharing in and celebrating very special, and joyful moments with family, friends, and the beautiful spirit of Christmas :) You're always with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) We're enjoying a nice Christmas dinner, and watching Christmas movies, sports, and enjoying the wonderful glow of our holiday home :) It's Christmas :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom, Holly,and family says hi :) Merry Christmas! :) awww! :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a very happy,blessed, joyful, and Merry Christmas :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you all often :) We're enjoying a very special time ,sharing in and celebrating the Christmas holiday with everyone :) a wonderful day, filled with joyful, and spirited moments :) Thank you all, for making our Christmas holiday,and season very special and memorable :) Wishing everyone, a nice Christmas evening and night :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS! :) A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER! :) Thank you angel friends ,for your wonderful Merry Christmas wishes, and for celebrating with us :) We're enjoying a very special, and wonderful time celebrating Christmas holiday with everyone :) We're all with eachother in spirit :) We're cherishing and treasuring in all of these very special, festive, and joyful moments, and all of the wonderful memories being made :) We're very heart happy and excited to share our Christmas pictures, and looking forward to sharing lots more pictures as the new week blossoms :) Happy Christmas smiles :)

The kids were so excited to open Christmas presents this morning :)

Brayden loves his cool beach towel we gave him, featuring his favorite wrestler, John Cena! :) 

Tiger girl loves her toy she recieved from Santa Paws! :) awww! :) Sweet Christmas moments :)

The kids got some cool new scooters from my mom and dad :) 

my Christmas town ,on December 25th, Christmas day! :) A wonderful and very merry Christmas to remember :)
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