Christmas Reminiscence
Here we are more than a week into the new year and I'm still lingering on last month. My niece likes to do scrapbooking, so I sent a handful of photos to her local Walgreens store for her to pick up. (Isn't that great...in just an hour she can go pick them up nearly a thousand miles away from me.) Well, this got me to looking at all of the photos again.
The beautiful table at my parents.
My mother's beautiful decorating touches.
The attempt of taking the photo of the grandkids.
But what really got to me were the memories of my own childhood Christmas' with my cousins. I cherish the relationships that I still have with my cousins today. Rather than just cousins I think of them as siblings. There were seven of us--4 boys, 3 girls. Seven years between the eldest and the youngest (me). My brother and I lived 18 miles from the other five cousins, so we saw each other regularly. I looked up to my two girl cousins--and still do. One is a successful gift shop owner and the other a successful Pampered Chef consultant. I was proud back then of knowing them, too. I loved having matching dresses.
We always had fun together. (Aunt Marilyn, I thought about cropping the photo to just us three girls, but I loved your hair style and velvet dress. I thought you'd get a chuckle, too!)
Fast forward to 2009 when a simple project of decorating gingerbread trees created new memories for a new generation of cousins.
I think I see some of that same pride in Henry. Or, wait, was that a goofy grin because his mouth was full of gum drops?
Precious moments we're all to remember for years to come.
An activity that might just become a new tradition.
The beautiful table at my parents.
My mother's beautiful decorating touches.
The attempt of taking the photo of the grandkids.
But what really got to me were the memories of my own childhood Christmas' with my cousins. I cherish the relationships that I still have with my cousins today. Rather than just cousins I think of them as siblings. There were seven of us--4 boys, 3 girls. Seven years between the eldest and the youngest (me). My brother and I lived 18 miles from the other five cousins, so we saw each other regularly. I looked up to my two girl cousins--and still do. One is a successful gift shop owner and the other a successful Pampered Chef consultant. I was proud back then of knowing them, too. I loved having matching dresses.
We always had fun together. (Aunt Marilyn, I thought about cropping the photo to just us three girls, but I loved your hair style and velvet dress. I thought you'd get a chuckle, too!)
Fast forward to 2009 when a simple project of decorating gingerbread trees created new memories for a new generation of cousins.
I think I see some of that same pride in Henry. Or, wait, was that a goofy grin because his mouth was full of gum drops?
Precious moments we're all to remember for years to come.
An activity that might just become a new tradition.
Wonderful photos. You were blessed to have your cousins nearby. Your mother's home must be as lovely as yours.
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Loved the photos of your mother's decorating touches. The pears in the hutch picture is just beautiful. It would make lovely Christmas card! Cousins are fun and the gingerbread decorating must have been filled with laughter! Thanks for sharing.
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OK. I admit it. I am giggling at the picture of the kiddies on the couch. What a struggle to get a good picture!! If they only knew that they will look back in 20 years and say " Oh my.... what was I doing?!!"
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