Leaving St. Louis

We left St. Louis Friday morning. It sure wasn't easy leaving - I miss them already!There is the arch. The weather was cloudy and misty but the big difference as we headed east was the temperature - 65 degrees! What a big difference a few days make.

You see a lot of cool bridges along the way.

We stopped in Corydon. A very cute little town with some fun shops that we had visited on our last drive to St. Louis.

Amy, this was a cute scrap book store. Love that Pink! They were not open so we couldn't go in to browse.

Another store in town - full of neat stuff.

Cooper was satisfied sitting on me or beside me - he doesn't seem to mind the yarn all over his head. I am making hats for the twins. Cooper seems to be feeling better but he will have to go to the vet as soon as we get back.

Drive, Drive, Drive - Dave did it all!!

We didn't see a lot of sun on our trip back. But we had fun. Stopped a lot and we listened to the latest book on tape of Harry Potter.

Oh, and guess what, remember the hoosier cabinet at Clyde's. Dave agreed that we could get it and return in the truck in a few weeks to pick it up!!! Can you believe him? That's a 10 hour trip - 5 hours each way and through the mountains. Am I lucky or what!!! Thank You, Thank you!

Christmas with our Kids and Grandkids in Richmond

I didn't do a lot of cooking for Christmas this year. Other than a few desserts we had mostly appetizers that were pretty yummy. I found this tree cake at Kroger's - Lemon Cranberry. I couldn't resist - it was so pretty and I thought it would go nicely with my Chocolate Tree Cake.

This is how my cake started out:

Whoa! I had no idea it would rise this much - it is huge!

Dave taking a test bite!

I had to trim it up a bit, It was pretty tasty.

We had cake and the delicious cookies that Emerson baked with us a couple of weeks earlier.

Samara playing with the doll houses.

Aidan showing off his bucket we gave him.

Emerson and Samara's buckets

The whole gang.

Matlin playing around with Samara.

Emerson got a cookbook and a Easy Bake Oven. Can't wait to cook with her!

A special tiger for Samara and

some cute dress-up clothes.

Samara and her tiger on Uncle Lance's lap.

Christmas Decorating

Dave always does such a good job on our outside decorations, but he out did himself this year. He made this manger from a platform that he built that held our grill in the back yard. He made an extension to our back porch for the grill so he wouldn't have to walk out to the yard to cook! So with a little adjustment Dave made this - a beautiful addition to our holiday season.

These pictures don't do this justice - our neighbors came over with their children to get a close up view.

Lovely, isn't it?

Inside our home.

Pictures of Amy with Santa. That's the twins in the middle via ultrasound.

Christmas Around the House

Some more pictures of our home at Christmas. Here are some pictures of our grandkids on the mantle:

Christmas cross stitch stockings I made years ago:

Dave's snowman:

Our manger scene in Dave's office:

My cute little stove with ginger bread cuties doing the cooking. This is a music box Dave gave me a few years ago - one of my favorites.