We're still Christmas-ing!

 –

 [I love the word paper we picked up at Kohl's]

It’s been a busy week  
[and THANK GOODNESS we’re feeling ever-so-much better!] 

Our Christmas schedule looked something like this:

Wednesday & Thursday 12/ 19-20: 

We both worked out of town – in different directions. Whee.

Saturday 12/22: 

Shopping Day for us! We started at Kohl’s and ended at Wal-Mart with favorite stops in between – And, we got it done! 

Matt and friend came home after a whirlwind tour of Florida ;

 [Thanks to Carlos for the fun photo!]

Sunday 12/23: 

After a breakfast of sausage balls, 

Carlos headed home, Matt crashed, and Craig and I drove over to enjoy time with Mother. Had a wonderful dinner, and did a little shopping afterwards, 

but mostly enjoyed un-hurried conversation [– very nice];

 [Still knitting those gorgeous stockings!]

Monday 12/24: 

Enjoyed lunch with Mama and helped her put together a little something special 

for all those who make her feel comfy these days -

 

Then headed back to HSV to tailgate before our 

Christmas Eve Service at our local minor league ball field…

 

[LOVE celebrating the birth of Christ with fireworks set to Christmas music!!],

 Afterwards we did a walk-through of Target to observe frenzied shoppers 

[what I can I say?];

Tuesday 12/25: 

Merry Christmas! 

We had a lazy sleep-in day that started with hand-cut biscuits 

and Golden Eagle Syrup…

[I hesitate to say home-made since I used bisquick – ha,] 

we found Pauly soaking wet and beat-up from who knows what 

[– he was a soggy pitiful mess – but drank warm milk and ate a little – let me brush the leaves out of his hair and rested in his basket for the rest of the day. He was back to his old self a few days later -] 

I made our favorite Christmas Cookies and prepared the family celebration meal; had taco bar for dinner [oops – forgot to get out the sour cream…] Had a windy night that almost took our patio cover down 
– but Craig and Matt were able to rescue it!

Wednesday 12/26: 

Early a.m. duck-hunting for Craig, back to work for me, dentist for Matt, 

and family Christmas in the evening… 

LOVE spending time with my guys!

 Made Crock-pot lasagna – is this Pinterest Idea # SEVEN for the month?!? 

– No photos, but delish [on my pinterest board ‘To Eat – Savory’. 

The best thing about it? 

You don’t have to deal with drippy cooked noodles before you put it all together. 

 Saturday 12/29: 

Christmas-ing, still. 

Traveled to be with Craig’s family --- Always fun to hang-out together!

But alas, no group photo, what's up with that?!?

Had another quick over-night friend of Matt's stay with us -
  And through the week, I still found time to work with Art a bit – am loving the HUGE pieces I’ve seen out and about in blog-land and my {FB} groups and have been wanting to do something to hang in the foyer during Christmas – here’s the beginnings –

It's almost finished - 
 I’ll share more in a couple of weeks -  

 And while it IS December 31^st, I can’t say Happy New Year just yet 

– we’ve still got more Christmas-ing to do. Still.

 

 Stay safe and have a good one.