I hope you all got everything you wished for under the tree :D
We had a nice celebration with the entire family, 25 of us in all.
It was quite a full house!
It was quite a full house!
In recent years I have started making special photo books for gifts from all of the thousands(!) of family photos I have scanned. I have photos dating back to the late 1800s and it is a treasure to have them, but even better to have them printed out for everyone to enjoy.
One of my blogging friends had asked to see some of my photos from the book so I thought I would share a few of the pages with you. This year I decided to do a book of all Christmas and Winter photos and for fun also use some holiday songs and lyrics to present them. Above is a photo from about 1954 of my Mom (left) with her sisters. Pictures in front of the Christmas tree is a family tradition, every year many are taken...each family, all the cousins, all the siblings, all the cousins with the grandparents... I think you get the idea! I just love how everyone got so dressed up back in the day!
This photo above is one of my favorites, from the '30s of my great grandmother throwing a snowball :D
It looks like she has quite a few at her feet, she is ready for action!
Aren't these Santa photos so CUTE?!
These are my Aunts, on either side hmmm... about 1950? and then they are young teens in the middle pic.
Reminds me so much of Miracle on 34th Street.
Here is another of my favorites~ oh how to choose, really, I love them ALL!
This one is of my grandparents from about 1957.
Here is some old-time, snowman-making FUN!
And here are a few of me when I was about 5 years old.
These were taken on Candlewood Lake in New Fairfield CT.
We all loved to ice skate... even the dog!
In the bottom right is me and my Mom and upper right is me and my Dad.
I hope you enjoyed some of my favorite holiday and winter family photos!
Oh, and I have been stitching too! Here is my progress on SDW...
The more I stitch on this one, the more I love it. I especially love the Lamb of God with the red banner. I am still lagging a bit behind in the group but now that Christmas is over I have more time to devote to stitching again.
Enjoy your weekend!!
Happy Stitching!!
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