Emily and I both celebrated birthdays this past week. Rachel very sweetly made blueberry
muffins for birthday breakfast (including the candles on the top!).
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Emily decorated the table with a flower arrangement.
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My Dad stopped by with flowers -- my favorite colors:
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I decided to set up a card-writing table in my bedroom. Something to maybe get me in the mood to get our cards out.....
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On my birthday, we read lots of Christmas stories aloud and worked on making Christmas cards.
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Much of my birthday afternoon was spent at Riley with Laura, however, Michael and I did manage to get out for a late dinner afterward. I'm so glad we made it out. We had a lovely Italian meal in a nearby quaint town.
The rest of the celebration continued on the weekend. Emily took us to Midland Antiques where we lost ourselves among the many rooms of junk (er, I mean antiques). It was so much fun!
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We were supposed to be finding Emily a birthday present. But we didn't. Oh well.
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Then we stopped for lunch on Mass Ave.
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We're wearing our "sister necklaces" -- all three of us.
We got the tree decorated between celebrations. I'm really happy with it. I think it looks so pretty.
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I also made a beautiful plaid pillow for the living room. Something I've been wanting to do for some time.
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Sunday the snow began to come down. After church everyone came here for lunch and the afternoon. We had such a delightful, cozy time. Lots of good food!
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And lots of good, fun fellowship.
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And homemade, peppermint ice-cream for dessert! Yes, it is really good!
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And chocolate fudge brownies too.
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And then present opening:
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Even Laura was starting to get happy again.
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Rachel and Andrew treated us to a performance from the Frog and Toad Broadway Show.
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"Merry Almost Christmas, Happy Almost New Year......."
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James and David performed as "the birds"
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Going crazy.....
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And now it's time to focus on getting ready for Christmas.
7 comments:
I hope you had a very Happy Birthday, from the pictures of you with your sisters it certainly looks like it.
Lovely to see Laura smiling in the previous post as well, I hope things continue to go well.
Ah ..it looks all so lovely Laura. Happy Birthday to you. Your family is so beautiful.
I love your sister necklaces. I think I may have seen some just like that in my travels.
A belated happy birthday. I am so pleased Laura is making progress at last! The pictures are lovely.
Heather - your blog looks beautiful!! I have been so busy with the shop my blogging has come to a complete hault.
Harriett seems to have misplaced your address and phone. Can you call the shop and leave the info? We have a check to send you for your lovely felted flowers.
Merry Christmas to you and your delightful family. I hope we get to see more of you in 2011.
Peace,
Anne
Heather - a belated 'Happy Birthday' to you! I've been away from the computer and 'enjoying' a rapid weight loss program known simply as 'the flu' - today I am vertical for short spaces between naps and trying to catch up! I am so glad Laura is keeping everything down - may she be pudgy and dimpled in no time! It's lovely to see her smile - and to see your sisters and you enjoying time together!
What great pictures. Love all the colors. And those brownies look amazing. I want to grab one off my computer and eat it now! :) I'm so glad you had a wonderful birthday.
have a merry christmas! we are getting internet hooked up next week so back to blogging! yay! take care and lots of love.
jess and family
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