Yearly Archives: 2009

Christmas Tea

Family and holidays mean tradition.  Like decking the halls the day after Thanksgiving while dancing to Ray Conniff’s “Here We Come A-Caroling”.  Like searching for the perfect tree, chopping it down, hauling it up to the house on the snowcat and dragging it in through the front door.  Like baking Wespennester, Zimtsterne and Zitronenherzen.  Oh,...

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Ho Ho Ho!

Ho Ho Ho!…Christmas is only 10 days away, which means that Santa will soon be on his way!  With fondness, I looked back on some photographs today.  Photos of Santa.  I never thought I’d do it, but when Sheryl Sanders, owner of LillyLu asked me years ago to set up a photo session during the...

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LillyLu’s New Nest

Dressed and ready to go to attend Lilly Lu’s long-awaited Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony last Tuesday night, wouldn’t you know, the 4-wheel drive would go bust!  Darn that Murphy!  The bit of time it took to chain up the Tahoe so we could safely make it down the hill was enough to make...

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Nina’s Surprise

When McAllister mom and veterinarian, Jennifer and her husband took off for an island vacation, Nina (aka grandma) flew in from Las Vegas to babysit her four beautiful grandchildren.  Not only that…she brought a suitcase full of stylish new children’s outfits with her AND she arranged for a surprise photo session!  Don’t you just LOVE...

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Thank Full

Last night, my husband declared he has cooked his last Thanksgiving Day turkey in this house.  (Yes, I know…how lucky am I?…my husband cooks!).  It’s not that he is never going to cook a turkey again, it’s just that next year, we’ll be celebrating in the new house.  Well, at least that’s the plan and...

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