Life's Little Blessings

Today was our Parish Advent Tea, and it was the 5th one and the 3rd one at the Bolingbrook Country Club.  This was my secont time going and I loved it even more than the first time.  You get to sit at a table of 8-10 women and the tables are decorated my other ladies from the parish.  This year Kathy's friend Aida, who is also my friend too, decorated 3 tables and they were all lovely.  The pictures below are her three tables and I was at the "Lemon Tree" table. We enjoyed a wonderful meal of salad, quiche and potatoes, fruit stewers, finger sandwiches and pateries for dessert.  Then we enjoyed so wonderful Christmas songs and a raffle.  I really enjoyed being with fellow ladies from the parish and their moms but most importantly I loved being with my monther-in-law Kathy.  Below are some some pictures of Kathy and I, Kathy and her friends, the table hostess and her friends.                           Kathy and I                Kathy and Aida                      Ai

We went to Target and got our yearly Family/Christmas pictures.  I absolutely loved the background they had this year.  The first 2 pics are my favorite of the family pictures.  The third picture was taken when the photographer was putting in a new pose, she had me sit down and Eva sit on my lap and then Maggie just jumped onto my back and the picture was the final result.  A few of my favorite pictures of the girls and then finally were my favorite of the specialized ones the did.  The last picture has the girls in a present being held by Santa and I have same picture of Eva when she was 3 mos old and I love the fact that they still had it.