Happy Heavenly Birthday, brother

Happy Birthday to my brother Milo in heaven. Miss you so much brother, bet you're still playing that bass guitar and rockin' out up there in the heavens! Love you always.

 

Charcuterie for two

 Charcuterie for two! It's what's for dinner!

 

 

crazy temps here in Illinois

 Yesterday at this time it was 68° and now it's 16°. We knew this extreme change was coming, but Brrrrrr! We spent a lot of time outside yesterday and I'm glad we did, even though it was very windy, it was like a warm summer day! Now.....back to our previously scheduled winter.

The end of the festivities for this year

 We enjoyed a taco party with the Halterman's for our Christmas celebration today. Two of our dear family members are suffering from injuries and could not be with us. We hope they both heal up and get back to normal real soon. The food was delicious and it was nice to see the rest of the family. There was some great stores told of things that happened in the past and in this past year. Enjoyed them so much. This concludes the festivities for this season. Even though we enjoyed every event, we are glad to get back to normal! I hope you have all had a great Christmas season and are looking forward to 2026!

Christmas Day 2025

 What a fun day with some of my family! It was 60° and foggy, but we got in the Christmas spirit anyway! Thanks Darren and Mindy for the fresh flowers, lovely gifts and Christmas goodies! Thanks to my brother, Kent for my new computer and all the laughs. We FaceTimed with brother, Lee and sis-in-law, Sylvia in California and chatted with youngest son, Preston who was in Michigan. We tried to call Shelley, but couldn't get through. Otherwise it was a perfect day.

 

My Gothic tree

 I have normal Christmas decorations, but my favorite is my gothic Christmas display. 

 

Welcome Winter

Winter Solstice! The shortest day of the year....today!

 

Rudolph Me

 Since I have had the ugly old Grinch me on here all month, thought it was time to change to the Rudolph me from about 10 years ago when I was face painting the kiddos at "Breakfast with Santa".

 

Christmas treats

 Spent the morning making some Christmas treats: cosmic fudge, Grinch cookies and sugared pecans for a couple of our friends downtown. Thank you to Kinmundy post office and Johnson's for repairing and maintaining our vehicles. Then I made taco casserole for lunch/dinner. Now....time to do the dishes! Also, thanks for stopping by, (Dave) David Hanks, we enjoyed seeing you!