Christmas 2008 with Friends

We had several occasions over these past couple of weeks to gather with friends in celebration of Christmas. I don't know how we got to be so lucky, but we have some pretty amazing friends in our lives. Thank you God! We ate, we laughed, we played, we laughed, we exchanged gifts, we laughed...you get the picture. With all of the negativity blasting us in the daily media, the stress of work in this economy, and the personal struggles that seem to overwhelm us, we certainly have much to be thankful for. We are thankful for you, dear friends. We are thankful for you!

Our first friend stop this year was meeting up with these good friends. Thank you so much for a wonderful night. 12/12/08




On 12/19 we had a little work to do preparing goodies for more of the upcoming parties. Don't these look yummy?

Then we headed out to a get-together with our church choir. I haven't asked permission to post photos of all the attendees, but I can show you these. Our hosts have a beautiful sunroom with this lovely little tea set and dolls just waiting for a young hostess of their own. Our daughter was happy to oblige.


This is a great video from the same night. Hope LOVES her jingle bell hairbows this year. She had them a year ago at Christmas time as well, but they have brought so much more excitement to her wardrobe this year.


On Christmas Day we had these friends visit for the night. I can't even begin to tell you now much fun Hope had. I bet she was giggling from the moment they walked in until they left close to 10!




There were a some peaceful moments though. The girls started reading and I think I may have even teared up when I peeked around the corner to Hope's room and saw them cozy in the rocking chair. More special Christmas memories to keep close.