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.             ...

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.