And Thou Shalt Call His Name JESUS!

Welcome to our farmhouse during the CHRISTmas Season. This nativity set is a very special gift our family received from our adopted daughter (by friendship), Alicia. She really sacrificed by giving us this gift, because she thought she would just beable to find another one for herself. She never did. Thank you Alicia, we love you bunches and no you can't have it back! We love it not because of the figurines, but because of the Word of God that is on them. It continues to help us to keep our focus on Him this season. For the scripture in the frame we used pages on our computer and wrote out the scripture and took it to Office Max and had them print it out for us. The verse says it all! I am so thankful for His grace given to our family. We all have accepted His gift and will live forever with Him! Thank you Jesus! I took pictures of the scripture verse on each figurine, so you could read it. They are so wonderful. I have also added some of the other areas in our home. I have been having a "white thing" this year. If you have read my blog you know I did some pictures of decorating at Stutzman's Greenhouse. Well, they blessed me!!!!!! I was so excited. They gave me a gift certificate. I am spending it and it shows in my home. I am so thankful. I really learned a lot from Larry and Kim!

Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy.

Luke 2:10

A Child is born. Unto us a Son is given.

Isaiah 9:6

My soul Magnifies the Lord.

Luke 1:46

Shepherds keeping watch over their flock

Luke 2:8

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

Matthew 2:10

They presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:11

We have come to Worship Him.

Matthew 2:2

I bought this wooden plant holder a long time ago and have used it by changing the picks for each season.

It is a favorite in my home.

I found this whole pick at Hobby Lobby already done.

It was nice to just lay it on the little shelf.

My daughter came up to me holding this single strand of a pick, that had been pulled apart. She said, "Mom, I think this would make the cutest tree". I knew exactly what I would do with it. Here it is! I will cherish it forever. It is my "Taylor Tree".

Auke Lake (imagine the lake in the winter with snow), picture taken by Linda Garrison

I want to thank every one of you for the wonderful comments on our Little Nativity Drawing.

If you have not signed up please scroll down and join in! Your favorite gift as a child comments have not only blessed my life, but the lives of others. I love it. I forgot to tell you mine. When I was a teenager my sister and I received a pair of blue ice skates trimmed with grey fur. I just called my sister and she said that the laces were sparkled grey. I forgot. We thought they were the most beautiful skates ever. I couldn't wait to get on some ice! There was a beautiful lake called Auke Lake. You could skate and in the distance see the glacier. We would go in the evening and build a fire right on the ice. We always had a thermos of hot cocoa to warm our bodies. Another memory was we would get a group of kids and hold hands all skating in a line. Shannon reminded me that it was called the whip. One would be at the head and then there was always someone at the end. We would all skate together and then the first in line would stop and hold on (it was usually a really big guy) and we would start skating in a circle. The one on the end would always get a really fast ride. I think I could still do that if I had a chance. I would be the one flying across the lake, because I forgot to let go of the whip. Okay I am a very visual person and I am having the giggles. I remember we laughed a lot skating. Sweet memories; they are so wonderful to remember?

This is a picture of my brother Bud, Uncle Mikie, myself and sister Shannon in the year 59. Wow, I feel old. hehehe Look at the tree! My Dad loved icicles. You had to put them on one at a time. Ugh! Our family would get all bundled up with warm coats, stocking hats, mittens and boots. We would go out into the woods as a family, tromp through the snow and chop down our Christmas Tree. The days when we could do that.

Now ladies if this seems like a long post it is. I have been without internet since last Monday at 9 in the morning. I have 23,987 words to use so here is. Enjoy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I just came back on to let everyone know that we were having problems with the Payloadz download for the free Tea Bag Cozy! Soooooo sorry. We are now using Google. Hope this works until we can figure what we need to do. Please email me if it does not work for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blessings to you!

Linda