tomorrow's promise: a new beginning

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”

hope you have a New Year full of living with zest!!!

xoxoxo

it's almost here!

all our sweet grandkids (except little kodiak who was fast asleep in his mama's sling)

photo taken in flagstaff, az ...day after riding the Polar Express!

What is Christmas?
it is a tenderness for the past
courage for the present
hope for the future.
it is a fervent wish
that every cup may overflow
with blessings rich and eternal
and that every path
may lead to peace.
~agnes m. pharo

have a very merry and warm, wonderful Christmas!

little angel

our little angel
has been topping our Christmas tree since around 1975.
each year after the ornaments have been hung,
one of the girls
has had the privilege
of placing this little angel
at the tip top
to be the guardian
of our tree.

four years ago
we started having grandbabies share in the tradition,
and little asher, being the oldest
set her lovingly in her place.....


followed next by brody

and then miss journey


and this year......it was wyatt's turn!


it always makes it a bit more fun and exciting
to be on papa's shoulders
while papa in on a ladder!

so there she is again,
lovingly placed
and residing
over
our
family
celebrations....
and oh what celebrations there will be!

joy & wonder

it is beginning to look a bit like Christmas

around here.....

a little trip to prescott

reminded us of the amazing wonder of this season.

hoping the season is bringing joy and wonder your way too!