Mountain Musings

Hannah's Birthday

On Tuesday we celebrated Hannah's birthday! How very thankful we are for her and for what a godly young lady she is. She is such a blessing as she serves her family. She wasn't allowed to do any work on her birthday--only fun stuff!

Here's Hannah on her birthday afternoon practicing calligraphy and some artwork while I worked in the kitchen preparing her birthday meal:

Here's the start of the Creamy Cajun Chicken Meatballs I picked from her birthday choices. I have my trusty computer on the counter with the recipe pulled up and the bowl of ingredients ready to mix and start forming meatballs:

So far, so good. It's looking just like the Recipe Critic's photos!

Everyone loved the delicious flavor of these meatballs over fettuccine, and we all agreed that it was a definite "do again" recipe!

Here's the blue and white themed birthday table ready for the meal to begin...decorated with snowman plates, an antique tablecloth, and our January centerpiece:

Here's the up close photo of the January words centerpiece made by my friend, Chris:

When the birthday girl picks peach cobbler as her main dessert instead of birthday cake, she improvises and pretends to blow out the candle after we sang Happy Birthday: Hannah opened several nice gifts, and we played her choice of games afterwards.

Oops, I forgot to take pictures of us playing games...so I'll just include one taken of us playing games over the holidays: To finish up the birthday evening, Jonathan took a brother-sister selfie:

We hope you enjoyed your special birthday, Hannah!  Thank you to everyone who wrote and wished her a Happy Birthday!

~~ Deb

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 10

Edited:

We have our 2 winners! Congrats to Cathy and Victoria on crossing off all their words. Your prizes will be sent out shortly! :) Thanks to everyone for playing along again this year!

Day 10, words coming up!

Today I have a cute snowman picture for you!! :) Andrew and I were over at my in-laws' house yesterday, and he was interested in their big snowman decorating the door. We had to get a picture of them together. :) The snowman is a head taller than the baby! Awww.

Maybe someday he'll get to make a REAL snowman!

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 9

Wow, we're halfway through the second week already! I hope everyone has had fun so far and that you're all getting lots of words crossed off. Here's 15 more:

What's your favorite kind of hot chocolate? Do you have a recipe for homemade that you whip up? Or do you get a mix from the grocery store? One of my favorite flavors of hot chocolate is French vanilla....and I was given some for my birthday to enjoy! Yay! Are you a marshmallows in your hot chocolate person or not? Sometimes I put them in, sometimes I don't. :) What's even better than hot chocolate by itself is sipping some along with CINNAMON ROLLS. Now that's good stuff...perfect for a trim the tree party or for Christmas breakfast. :)

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 8

Here we are again....15 more words for crossing off your lists! Anyone getting close?

Today I'm showing you my collection of Christmas linens - I have 3 tablecloths, and then one set of snowflake napkins. Aren't they pretty and festive?! Right now I have the holly tablecloth on the table, but I need to change it out. Hmmm, which one of the others should I pick next...

Do you have seasonal linens that you use?

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 7

Good Monday morning, everybody!! I hope you had a good weekend...are you ready to start the second week of bingo? Here we go!

I have two manger scenes in our house - one is on our coffee table and was my grandpa's. It's very much like the one I grew up with, so it's like a little bit of home. :) The second manger scene is a new one given as a wedding gift from friends, and we display it on the dining room table.

What manger scenes do you have?

~Sarah

 

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 6

The weekend is here, and I have some bonus words for you! I won't be posting tomorrow, so see you back here bright and early on Monday morning. :)

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

 

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 1:31-33,  2:6-7

 

Christmas is the season of celebrating Christ's Birth, our Savior coming down to earth as a man to save His people from their sins. What wonderful news! How do you keep the focus of Christmas on the real reason for the season?

Have a good Lord's day tomorrow...see you next week.

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 5

Wow, it's Friday already! Fifteen more words, coming up...

Well, since it's almost the end of the first week, I suppose I should let you know what you're playing for, right? :) The prizes this year are as follows:

Prize #1

$25 Amazon gift card

Prize #2

$25 Etsy gift card

First person to bingo gets first choice between the two! Yay!

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 4

Forward to Day 4!

I wrote about our new ornaments last year, but here are some of the traditional ones that Eric brought along with him. These are clear plastic icicles, and we have both thin ones and thick ones all over the tree. He said that in Georgia, these are about the only icicles that we will get! :)
Eric and I both brought along quite a few ornaments with us...both of our moms have been giving them to us for many years, so we amassed a lot! There was enough to just about fill our tree last year, and now we've added the new ones!

Do you have any traditional ornaments that Christmas just wouldn't be the same without?

~Sarah

Holly Jolly Bingo ~Day 3

Happy Wednesday morning, all! We are now on Day 3, with 15 more words below. How many do you have now?

When living in Virginia, our tree skirt was always an old blanket that was red with white polka dots. Once I got married and moved, I was going to have to buy or make my own tree skirt - then Mom gave me one as a gift! It's a cute one, with a snowman and Let it Snow in the front. I like it! :)

Do you use a skirt on your tree?

~Sarah

 

Holly Jolly Bingo ~ Day 2

We are on to day TWO! Fifteen more words are below...how many can you cross out today?
I've loved decorating our home for Christmas, and we're finally done making everything festive this year! Here's a picture of our mantle...I've added a few things since last year. And you'll notice the new stocking in the middle! :)
How do you decorate your mantle for Christmas?

~Sarah

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