Happy New Year!

Dan is working tonight and Kelly is out with friends, so it's me and the doggies ringing in the New Year!

~Patch~

and Bentley

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year's Eve!

Blessings for 2012

love,

Pam



Planning..

 Lots of plannning going on here. We are taking a trip to Florida in January!!! YAY! We finally will be able to spend time with my son Jeremy, daughter in law Sabrina and our two little grandsons! My parents are coming with us and Kelly is trying to get a couple days off work and fly down for a long weekend while we are there. We have rented a vacation house near Clearwater which will work out so much better (and cheaper) then a hotel.  We are also going to  Orlando to take the kids to Disney World~Magic Kingdom. We are just doing one day at Disney and boy am I having trouble finding inexpensive tickets. Oh well, it will still be so fun to take them there!

Thought I'd share these funny pics of Kelly & Patch on Christmas morning. She was trying to get him to pose in front of the Christmas tree. ha ha!

She calls him over there and he lays down..

She forces him to sit up and he is stiff as a board and won't look at me!!

We both got a good laugh out of it!

Took this pic the other day of the railing going upstairs.

I wish the lights in the garland would have showed up.

Dan has tonight off, so we are going out for the day with my parents and brother Tim and his wife Jen to check out some antiques stores.  I think I've mentioned it before, but Tim and Jen have a large, historical home that they are making into a Bed and Breakfast. They are always on the look out for things to put in their house.

Happy Friday!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas has come and gone and it was a lovely time with family and friends.
  Thursday, Dan and I went to The Toledo Zoo for the Lights Before Christmas.

We met up with our dear friends, Debbi & Steve there, after a long wait in traffic!

I thought the wait was worth it, not so sure about Dan, he was kind of stressed out by the time we walked through the Zoo's entrance gates. ;-)

Steve & Debbi

Dan & me

 I took a lot more pics of the lights, but don't want to go overboard sharing them here!

 We spent most of Christmas day/evening at my sister's house.

It was a time of family, fun and food!  Of course I took tons of pics, here is a sample.

With three of my children. Randy, Kelly and Chris

Mom & me

I am wearing the sweater and scarf Kelly gave me for Christmas. :-)

Kelly & Brooklyn

Mom & Dad opening gifts

Chris & my brother Brian

My brother Ed & Randy

Dan & Kelly

Daddy & Daughter

Christmas morning, 2011

Dan had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Dan, Kelly and I opened gifts when he came home from work Christmas morning. So I was able to get a few pics of him. Sadly he couldn't come with us to my sister's house Christmas afternoon/evening for the family festivities. We are hoping and praying Dan will be able to retire this spring. It will be so nice to have him be with us at all of the family functions.

 Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. 

 Love & Blessings

Christmas Decorations~part II

Around the house~~



 Coming into our little town~~

Can't believe Christmas is so close.

Be blessed!

Christmas Decorations

 It's been a busy day. This morning I went to my ladies bible study Christmas brunch. It was very nice. I took photos but haven't edited them yet. This evening was my Rainbows class. The kids made a couple different Christmas decorations and I brought them snowman shaped icecream for a treat!  I didn't get to take any pics becaue the memory card in my camera was full. BOO HOO!
 Anyway thought I'd share some pics of some of the decorations around the house.

 ~lights on the Jade Plant~

Next few are  of myThomas Kincaid Christmas Village.

Snoopy, countdown to Christmas!

As you may be able to tell, I took this pic several days ago!

New Winter mugs!

Tomorrow I will try to post pics of the Christmas tree and few other decorations.

I am tired tonight, so good night and sweet dreams!

Vintage~Antiques

 Dan and I love browsing antique malls. I especially enjoy seeing how people set up their booths and looking at all of the vintage items.

 Here are some photos from Heart Of Ohio Antiques.

The next one made Dan jump! haha

Raggedy Ann & Andy Booth

Next are pics of an old log cabin doll house.

First pic taken from the back.

The next pic shows some of the inside.

I couldn't get good photos of this house.

It looked much better in person.

Today it is sunny with temps in the 30's. Most of our snow melted from the other day. But I am sure it won't be long before we have it again. I do hope we have a white Christmas.

I had my bible study group this morning and tonight I teach at church. I teach the Rainbows class, ages 3-5.  We have a great class, the kids are so fun.

  Happy Wednesday!

The Historic Simon Kenton Inn, Antiques & Snow

Dan and I had a lovely few days away. We went to Springfield, Ohio and stayed one night at the Simon Kenton Inn. We wanted to stay two nights, but they were booked for that second night. So, we stayed at the Hampton Inn for our second night. The Hampton Inn is one of our favorite hotels.  
The Simon Kenton Inn was a new experience for us and we enjoyed ourselves very much. The whole place is gorgeous and so comfortable. We had dinner in the Inn's restaurant, fabulous!!   If you have time, check out the links on the website and read the history, etc. I didn't take any photos of the restaurant, but if you go to the website you can see pics there.  Theresa Siejack, the proprietor is wonderful!  We will definately stay there again, probably in the spring or summer. 

 Here are some photos I took during our stay.

 Our room~~

The Tecumseh, locate in the barn on the hill.

Believe me, it looked nothing like a barn inside!

Pics taken inside the main house~

We chose a room on the ground floor instead of up and down the stairs. Hmmm..

blurry pic.. :/

Dan..good morning!  :)

  We went to three different antique malls in Springfield and picked up a few things.

This side table we brought home is my favorite!

  

I have it sitting in a corner in our dining area.

I took some pics at the antique mall, maybe I will share some of them tomorrow.

  It started snowing tonight!

Took this photo about 10 pm.

Now it feels like Christmas time.

~blessings~