Our Christmas Parties! ( Family pictures)

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The end of Christmas Day always leaves me feeling a little sad and this  is becoming more extreme with the passing years. I think it's due to the fact of knowing  I will not always be able to maintain the pattern we have set for our family's celebrating and getting together  as a family for Christmas.

Changes scare me. 
 Of course, changes are always happening in our lives... some good-some bad-sometimes just shifting and rearranging of our situations.

In many ways this Christmas was more joyful for our family than last year. We were not all together last year ; thankfully, we were  together this time!

For one more Christmas - here we are - all together!

( Pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)

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Charles and June 

My Grands

Alli

Zach

Dan

Brian

My Kids and Spouses

Tina and Marc

Tammy and Terry

Chris and MaryJoy

My sister and Spouse 

Joy and Mike 

Yummy foods both days!

Tina made most of those trays of food. She and Alli made a lot of cookies too!  The others brought food too.


Charles and I did the turkey dinner on Christmas-and the ham on Christmas Eve.

Happy Holidays to all!!

Love,
Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ (for Dec 22, 2009)

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*Ruby Tuesday*

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Lots of Ruby scenes around my house this week!


This was Mom's favorite candy at Christmas time! She would always get a few boxes from kids or grandkids because everyone knew how she loved it!

I'm sure to have it at our Christmas Eve gathering every year - for Mom!





I enjoy my coffee along with Mom's candy!



My roses !
These little roses bloom all through winter here!

Poinsettia~ the flower of Christmas!

I usually add a Santa or two, to my collection every year! This time I had not done that. I have not done my usual decorating of my house or adding anyting new this year!
(just haven't felt up to it for various reasons- and I feel bad for that, especially for my son because he's always enjoyed our decorating and celebrating very much!)

Anyway...
my son and his wife surprised me a couple nights ago with this cute little santa snow-globe~ to add to the festivities around here! It's the cutest thing , so colorful! It lights up with changing colors as the snow swirls around Santa!

( click on any pic to enlarge )



Junie Rose

Our Christmas in pictures ~ 2008! (Family interest)

Ginga and the 'Grands!'

We had a great Christmas!
Once more we were all able to be together!
For that I am thankful!

We were all here on Christmas Eve and all except Zach were here Christmas day, as well!
Zach left early Christmas morning to go back to Orlando to spend the day with his girlfriend and her family!
(I can understand that! He's a very thoughtful young man and a good boyfriend to Ashley! :) That's good!)

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Christmas Eve was a lot of fun for us all!

First the food~and decorations...

Will conclude in next post with 'Gifts and Games' and Christmas Day!


Love,
Ginga

AKA~ Junie Rose