Christmas Memories 2016

Blessed is the season which engages the whole 

world in a conspiracy of love. 

"Hamilton Wright Mabie"

I am sharing some pics of the past Holiday Season.

I spent Christmas with my daughter Suzanne

 and family.

Some of her decorations:

"Jesus is the reason for the Season"

A vintage Manger

One of the camels is missing his head.

Pinot, (the family dog) chewed it of.
I will replace it.

Also one wiseman is being repaired.

He came unglued.

Sabrina with her new basketball.

On her wish list...

We carried out the "Pickle Tradition"

and Mathieu found the pickle...

Christmas Eve supper at Suzanne's

Martin and Alex missing in the photo below

The cousins had fun in their holiday cracker hats.

Lots of food- Turkey and the works..

Suzanne made this white chocolate cheesecake 

topped with cranberries - to die for

Good till the last bite

She also made a white chocolate strawberry cake.

I never got to taste this cake..pouting...

I made chocolate cupcakes

with jam filling and whipped cream

topped with icing and sprinkles.

I had help from Sabrina.

She did the jam filling and sprinkles.

On Christmas day,

We had a nice walk in the woods.

Below is Suzanne and Pinot.

Pinot is a Goldendoodle dog.
A lovely dog.

Boxing Day

We went shopping.

Suzanne took me to the

Ricardo Store, nearby in St.Lambert.

My first time there. She's a fan of Ricardo.

We also went to Ikea and had their 

Swedish Meatballs for lunch.

Ikea had a nice selection of Christmas

 decorations this year.

And on sale at low prices.

We also visited Pier Imports store nearby. 

We spent about an hour there,
 could have spent all day.

 Beautiful things in that store.

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My son, Daniel spent Christmas in Hong Kong

 with his family celebrating their

 10th. wedding anniversary.

In the pic below, 

 Marina, my daughter-in-law,

Jacob, Louis and Daniel.

The had a great time.

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I spent New Years with my sister Annie.

We had a beautiful New Year's Eve supper.

Her pretty table setting below.

I cooked pork tenderloin in the slow cooker.

Annie made a carrot cranberry almond salad, veggies and

 a bumbleberry pie for dessert. 

I will share the pork tenderloin on 

my cooking blog later. 

It was delicious.

Her little snowmen pepper and salt shakers.

2016 has ended sadly for my family.
In October, we lost our youngest sister 
Judith to cancer.

Our first Christmas without her.
My niece, Caroline, Judith's daughter, gave me this
beautiful Christmas ornament.

I will always cherish it.

Me and Judy

 II decorated my Christmas tree
 in shades of pink
 and made angel wings in memory of Judy.
To see more on this tree, click here.

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I'm looking forward to another year blogging, 

making new friends, sharing interests, photos, 
creativity and stories from around the world.

 I appreciate you all.

Thanks for your visit xo.