Get her done Friday and Art work Friday...

It's almost Friday and almost the first day of the New Year 2010....doesn't it seem like just yesterday it was nearing 2000 and everyone was worried that the end of time was here. I worked with several folks who had supplies stored up because the world was going into complete shout down....that was 10 yrs ago....my how time flies...speaking of time flying can you believe it is Friday again and time for Get-R-Done Friday over at ClassyChassy, so be sure and go by and check out the other great projects and tell Classy thanks for hosting this for us.

I am also linking this to a new Meme that I found out about last week, be sure and check out D Dzines....where DeeDee is hosting Artwork Friday. She has some very nice art work to show, stop by and say hi....

Well this week to start the New Year 2010 off right I'm posting the last painting I did in the year 2oo9. Last week on get Her done Friday and Art work Friday I told about putting off painting Christmas gifts, you can read about it here...

Well I had one light left to do, and I finally finished it just in time for Kathy to unwrap Christmas eve. All 3 ladies acted like they really liked them....I hope they did....here are some pictures of the last one..ps..Kathy is a Cow lover, if you can't tell.

I hope you like my little night lights

My Wish for all my friends is a Blessed New Year and a bright future.

Happy New Years to everyone tonight

A little late, but....

Molly's whole Family, I am truly blessed...

I am finally getting around to posting pictures of our Christmas Eve Smith Family get together, the whole family was able to make it, this year, I so love when we can all share the warmth and joy of Christmas.

The first ones there was Chuck and his Family

Chuck, Lori, MooMoo and Redman

Lance got off a little earlier than he thought he would so he and TT where the next ones to get here...

next ones to make it was Keifer and his girl Hannah Lei...

I love my 4 Grands they are my heart, Connor, Keifer, MooMoo and Marissa

Chuck's Family and Lance's Family...
Ronnie and His family where late getting there because Marissa had to sing in the Christmas Eve Mass Children's Choir. So I didn't get to make a family picture of them, everyone was ready to eat time they got there...ahhh Brotherly love...lol...

MooMoo is always laughing...she loved the singing dog...

Patiently waiting for big Brother to get there...

We all had a good time and shared in a great meal and opening our gifts..I got so busy being Santa I forgot to take any pictures...sheezzz...

Then everyone went home to wait for Santa to make his yearly rounds.

Canton, MS Festival of Lights

Last Tues, DH and I decided to head 65 miles north to Canton, MS to see the Festival of Lights, we went several years ago and have been wanting to go back, so this year we got a chance.

If you live anywhere close to this area, you should try to go next year it is well worth the drive. Canton is a beautiful quaint little town. Learn more about it here....
We really enjoyed the lights, the decorated window fronts and the 3 Animated figurines Museums...I really enjoyed the Buggy ride and the faces of all the children there...the wonder in their eyes was just magical. I felt like a child again myself...I am posting quite a few pictures, so you can get a feel of how beautiful it was...

I hope you enjoyed my little tour of Canton, MS's Festival of Lights....

Blue Monday...the glory of his light shines through

Good Morning fellow bloggers and dear friends...It is time for Blue Monday over at Sally's house. Please visit Smiling Sally by clicking here

For my blue Monday I'd like to share a couple of pictures I made Sat. the Morning after Christmas...my Sister and I decided to Celebrate our Christmas together the day after, by catching some of the after Christmas sales ....

I got up very early and left home before sunrise, as I was making my way through Brookhaven going to pick her up, this is the scene that greeted me in down town Brookhaven, the sun just peeking up over the Grand Old Lady, the Inez Hotel, built in 1904...I stopped in the middle of the street to take the picture...of course there was no traffic at that time of day in our small town.
The picture just doesn't do justice to the scene, click on pictures to enlarge them to get a better look....the next scene is one block East of the Inez, it is a shot of the sun coming up over the first Baptist Church, the original Church was built in 1901 The front section was added on in 1965.

I love the blue/grays that the first ray of sun turns the morning sky....

Happy Blue Monday y'all.

Need a little help please

I have tried to post a new blog, but am being told I have reached my picture limit. How do I delete pictures from my files without clearing past post? Also it I delete pictures from the Picasa files from blogs, will that delete the pictures from my private Picasa 3 files?
Any help would be appreciated.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

I am having my Family Christmas get together to night at my house and will be going to Richland tomorrow to share the day with middle son and his family so I will be quite busy for a few days, I wanted to leave you with a post of pictures I took Tuesday night when DH and I traveled north to Canton, MS to see the show of lights, it was so pretty..you almost felt like you had slipped back in time...but blogger is not letting me post pictures..says something about using my quota of picture space, and I don't have time to delete any post so will do that later, I will leave you with one of my Favorite Christmas Songs and the light show is out standing...be sure to scroll down and turn my music off before playing
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I JUST WANT TO WISH ALL MY BLOGGING FRIENDS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Blue Monday...a Child's love

Good Morning fellow bloggers and dear friends...It is time for Blue Monday over at Sally's house. Please visit Smiling Sally by clicking here

For my blue Monday I wanted to share a story and a picture that is precious to me...I showed you pictures of my Nativity Scene that I have set up for many many years,

I love my Nativity Scene for 2 reasons, 1. because it shows the true meaning of Christmas and 2. because it reminded me of the true love and innocence of a child. When my Baby Boy, was 4 yrs old, I had set up my Nativity Scene for Christmas as usual, and I had several little what nots that I kept setting around the room, one was a little boy of about 4-5 kneeling by a bed saying his prayers, well one morning when I came home from work the little boy was no longer by his bed, but was next to the manger in the Nativity Scene, well being the stickler for everything in it's own place that I am..I moved it back to his bed, the next morning it was back by the manger, I moved it back to it's rightful place..this went on for several days. One morning BB was awake when I came home and when I moved it back to it's bed, he picked it up put it back in the manger scene and looked up at me with those big beautiful eyes full of tears and said, "Baby Lance want to pray to Baby Jesus too". I never moved it again and now 26 yrs later it is still a part of my Nativity Scene and always will be, it is there to remind me of a child's innocent love. I am posting it on Blue Monday because the little one is wearing Blue PJs.

May you always know the joy and the True meaning of Christmas through the eyes of a Child..

Merry CHRISTmas to all of you and yours.

one of my favorite things

One of my favorite things to find under my tree...lol..except when she wants to open them all...is my pretty little Granddaughter Rissa...
When she and her daddy dropped by yesterday to visit us, I just had to grab my camera and take some pictures, I just love playing with Photo Bucket image program..

This is the original shot taken with nothing but Tree lights on...

she was asking what was in that box...yea like I would tell her...

and a picture of my tree...

God has blessed me with the greatest gifts of all, my 3 Sons and 4 beautiful Grandchildren..

and my Dear Hubby who puts up with me and I with him...lol...

Merry Christmas my friends, may God Bless each and everyone of you with the greatest gift of all the Gift of LOVE....

Please remember our Brave men and women who are serving to keep us free and can't be home with their loved ones this Christmas Season.