Memories of Christmas’s Past

This post is going to be all over the place with no rhyme or reason except Christmas.  But,  everything that I am sharing is very near and dear to my heart.

This is the only surviving ornament from my childhood tree

It is displayed safely in the china cabinet all year long

 

* Baby Jesus in the manger and angel wings*

I made them in multiples in pottery class

This simple tree is adorned with musical wooden ornaments handmade by my brother

and  yo-yo garland made by sister # 2 – Lin

These tiny instruments make me smile

Uncle Pebo (brother # only one!) can play any stringed instrument…amazing!

 

This old photograph makes me smile too,  and almost makes me cry at the same time.

This was taken on Christmas morning.  You can see we had our ‘baby dolls’ in our laps.

And, as usual, my little legs were straight out with my feet turned in!! What a hoot!

No one knows how much I love the  girl to my left in the photograph.

She is sister #4 (Jana) and my best friend.  Even though she is 2  1/2 years older,  she feels more like my twin.

We had many, many adventures together… some real, some pretend, and some that we didn’t plan!!!

We are both vintage now,  but we still play together as often as we can.

I want to include sisters #1 (Mar) and #3 (Jack) while I am talking ‘family’ here.

When all six of us are together,  we don’t stop laughing!

I love each of them so very much.

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Rhonda