A Few Laughs

Christmas afternoon at my mom's. It was great to see the Walton guys and of course have most of the family all together. Josh and Joe - Mark and Kim - and Jen didn't make it this year. Kevin is here from Ellsworth and his brother Keith is here from Washington. It appears Dan and Dylan enjoyed their company as well.

and of course the quick remote family picture

oh yes - pick on Twila time.

Santa's Workshop

I must share this with you all. The workshop in my basement with Reindeer! Yes reindeer.

Daniel and Twila and Dylan constructed reindeer in my basement. They appeared one afternoon and they were busy cutting, shaving and drilling and painting with this project for hours into the evening. I would sit in my seat in the basement wiring up my cones for my wreaths because my work table was taken over by this production of reindeer and I would look to my right and all you could see is reindeer and antlers. It was so funny. This will be a day to remember. Who knows what next year will bring.

Nothing but antlers.

That evening these reindeer were loaded into dan's truck for a ride through Orrington, Brewer and Bangor over to the apartment. It must have been quite a site for those other vehicles passing by. I can image what these people were thinking when they would pull up beside dans truck or sitting at a stop light. I think this is the Christmas Spirit!

First Snowfall

The first snowfall yesterday. Very pretty. I happened to notice this little Phoebe sitting in the flowering crab tree.

Balsam Wreath

This is just one of the many wreaths I've assembled. This one is 24" and once hand tied it measures about 28". Next will come my spotlight shining on it and my cardinal ribbon. It will look so nice.

Birthday Boy on November 28th

I can't believe I didn't post Daniel's Birthday! I guess I've been really busy with wreaths and not much time to sit and blog. So while I was wreathing I began to think of this and came upstairs and put myself in the blog mode for a minute. We did have a wonderful birthday with Daniel. He invited Dave and I for drinks and apps at Longhorns with all of his good friends. There was 10 of us in all. Longhorns is a new place in Bangor - about a month new - we had a good time. Daniel also celebrates his birthday with his best buddy Adam which happens to be the same day along with his twin. Good bunch of friends. I did not bring my camera this evening so I came up with this picture! Happy Birthday Daniel. Love you -

This picture in NICU - 4lbs. 3ozs.