MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025!

I hope you all are having a good holiday, however you celebrate! We were blessed to spend another Christmas with our only niece, nephew, and their families the Sunday before Christmas at our great-niece's beautiful home. We don't see each other often, so we had a good time eating, laughing, opening gifts, and just being together. It has become a tradition to make a family photo each year before people start leaving, and I'm glad. I wish we had started it before their parents died. We are their only aunt and uncle on their mother's side, so we are the old people now.

Hubby's sister lived to see her six grandchildren, but not to see them all graduate college, get married (except for 2 of them), and have their own children. We have two energetic little great-great-nieces now. We never had children, so our niece and nephew are the closest best thing, and we love them dearly, as well as, the greats and their partners and children! We sure do miss Jim's parents, his sister, and her husband, at our gatherings now, but life has to go on...

Some of my gifts from both families included a small crate full of sketchbooks, colored pencils and markers, a really neat candle warmer, and snacks, so I'm all set to get started back creating after Christmas! It's been a minute...

Our niece gave me an extra large umbrella with my artwork printed on it! I didn't recognize the art as being mine until she pointed it out. Ha! They do too much, but I love it! 

 From our family to yours MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray that we are all here to celebrate again next year! :)