DECEMBER 10TH: Wrapping Paper

Wrapping Paper

Capturing December 1st through the 9th

Ok my kids and some friends have said that I haven't been posting for a long time.  So I saw this Capturing December on Pintrest and thought oh this will help me post more.  Yeah well I'm already 9 days behind in posting but not taking the pictures so here is day 1-9

DECEMBER 1ST: Your view today...My view was our tree that was getting cut down in the next couple of days. Of course I forgot until it was dark

 DECEMBER 2nd:  Favorite Holiday Movie:  I picked the Santa Clause, there really is so many it is hard to narrow down to just one.

 DECEMBER 3rd: Red:   I picked our cute little Mr and Mrs Clause who we have had for ever.

 DECEMBER 4th:  Joyous...Ok not sure if this counts we were happy for more firewood but sad to see the tree come down.  

 DECEMBER 5TH: Today's temperature:   to bad this wasn't yesterday or today and it would read -3

 DECEMBER 6TH:  Shopping, well I forgot to take the picture but here is a few things we bought at Costco, sorry I can't show you the rest, it just might be presents or green beans ;o)

DECEMBER 7TH :Bright  Well this was the first picture I took Saturday morning it was pretty bright with all the snow, but didn't show up that way. 

 So later in the evening I snapped this one it is bright ;o)

 DECEMBER 8TH:  Ornament (s):  Well we don't have our tree up yet so here is a picture of one of our favorite ornaments, The Christmas Pickle

 You hide the pickle in the tree and change it location all the time, then whoever finds it on Christmas day get a prize ;o). A German tradition. We received this pickle from Bishop Daines when Tim was in the Bishopric with him.  We have since bought all our kids their own pickles.

DECEMBER 9TH: Something you are reading,  well right now I'm not reading a Christmas book, I just finished two a week or so ago.  But I am reading Bliss!  It's a fun little magical book ;o)

I will do my best to be back tomorrow, and maybe one day finish posting about our trip to Boston and our family reunions.  Yep I have some great pictures from that.  And the tree coming down and a few birthdays...yikes we have 2 grandkids in double digits now!  Yikes when did that happen!!

Cute little thing....

So this morning when I was peeling an orange for our parfait's this is what I pulled out of the middle

 Isn't it sooooo cute!

I know of all the things to blog!!

A wedding you say! Lets say a wedding in a few words.

Waiting for the big moment                                       

 Ok of course my pictures are out of order.  Tabitha and Tim came in after TerrieBeth but what can I say!

 Tim walked her down the aisle then welcomed everyone, then asked who was giving the bride away, then step back to her, below, then said Her mother and I do...then stepped back to perform the wedding.

 Guess who.!

 First dance as Mr and Mrs Gans

 A toast to the happy couple!  These kids crack me up!

 A sprinklely good bye!  If you look at the top of the picture you can see all the colors!

I have a few more pictures and a great video but thought this would do for now!!

Congrats Tabitha and David!!!

Day 8 Part 1

Well this morning we decided to take a little tour of our Hotel.  Here is the weight room

 The swimming pool area

 Here is the deck that is on the second floor of the hotel

 We also headed out for a tour of Plymouth

 Plymouth is very rustic with its' natural beauty

 The beginning of the industrial revolution in America

 This is right across the street from the hotel

 Ok I thought this was funny!  How would you like to mow this hill?

 This is William Bradford the first Governor of the Plymouth Colony

This is Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoags Indians

 The little pillar thing at the top left encases the Plymouth Rock

 Totally cool Colonial house

 Over half of the original Pilgrims died during the first year

Just wanted to make sure I got this guy walking a med dog.

 Ok the S on this picture and the little hook thing in the corner of the picture below are to put the house back together so to speak after a storm blows through.   Seem it was how they used to tighten the beams again

I love how the flowers grew in the gutters of the streets

 One of the first churches in Plymouth.  It is now a museum, and Tonya and Danny got married here.

 Burial Hill Cemetery

 There are several burial plots dating back to the mid 1600's

 Very interesting tree, especially in a cemetery

 View of the Atlantic Ocean from the cemetery

 We should have written down some the names and dates of people in the cemetery but we didn't.  We spent a couple of hours (roughly) here and it was very interesting. 

 Ok I loved this too!  How cute!  Enlarge this picture and read the sign!

Houses built in the 1600's

 The Richard Sparrow House is an historic house in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow