Pictures of Christmas Past......

Every year 

the pictures displayed on the bureau 

in our living room

get put away 

and are replaced with

Pictures of Christmas Past...

Family photos...

with braces and drool...

Snowballs...

...And SnowAngels

My Brother Todd and his daughter Libby

...And Christmas on the Beach.

Florida 1999

Christmas with Nana has fond memories...

So many gifts....so much chaos!

Nana was sure to stack the wrong present

in front of someone 

ONLY to remember

Just

In

Time.....

and that person had to pass on

the half unwrapped gift!

Christmas at Aunt Connie's circa 1988

Christmas pictures with Birth Announcements...

Megan, Sydney & Baby Sister Kali

...family pets

Tess & Oliver

And co-ordinating dresses...

Lindsey, Ashley & Annie

Mixed among the memories

are 

Christmas School Projects of 

J

O

   Y...

...and snowmen made from bottles

Christmas with Santa Bears...

And on Santa's Lap...

Taylor Age 3

Alec {The WebMaster} age 3

"NeeNee & Toddy Poddy"....circa 1966

Christmas Morning BedHead...

And the sweetest picture of all

with a story to tell...

Every year Taylor would set out cookies

and a letter she wrote to Santa.

Then one year...

...as children seem to do...

she got older and started questioning

????

"...Is there really a Santa Clause?"

As she lay in bed one night...

...dad reading her a story...

{Mom was at work...wink,wink}

She heard some bells outside her window

...and noise on the roof

{Reindeer hoofs she was sure}

Her dad confirmed it...He heard the bells too!

And when mom came in the door

holding a bell with a worn leather lace

{it must have broken from the sleigh}

Well, 

let's just say...

 that bought us 

a couple of more years of SANTA.

She's 26 now...

but every year when i place

 "Santa's Bell"

a

m

o

n

g 

The Pictures of Christmas Past...

I can hear it ring

like it was yesterday....

"Happy Christmas to All

and to All,

a Good-Night!"

xxo-j