MERRY CHRISTMAS

For unto you is born this day in the city of David

a Saviour,

which is Christ the Lord.

(Luke 2:11)

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called

WONDERFUL ,

COUNSELLOR,

THE MIGHTY GOD,

THE EVERLASTING FATHER,

THE PRINCE OF PEACE.

(Isaiah 9:6)

And being found in fashion as a man,

he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,

even the death of the cross.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:

That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth:

And that every tongue should confess that
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD,
TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.

(Philippians 2:23)

There is no greater love than this.

Thank you, Jesus for your sacrifice and love for us.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!!

~Twas The Night Before Christmas~ (Or was it?)

12:43 p.m.

The Children were studying hard with their
school work at the Pollock household.
The three girls, Liv, Ariana, and Christi, were
cleaning their room,
The mother of the household was working hard
on a certain project.

12: 49 p.m.

Mother calls for Liv to come and help.

Ariana and Christiana were left upstairs to finish cleaning
their room.
(Twas what I would say to be the beginning of a normal day.)

12:59 p.m.

It had been some time since Liv left the girls
to finish cleaning their room.

Ariana and Christiana were not so

enthused about having to clean by themselves,

to say the least,

so they started to scheme!

1:03 P.M.

The Mother and Liv heard a rap on the upstairs window!

But paying it no mind, they continued with their project.

1:08 P.M.

Another rap on the upstairs window.

But much to the girls dismay, noone payed any attention .

This went on for sometime!!

Both the Mother, Olivia and the two girls were getting rather anxious!

1:23 P.M.

Christiana and Ariana decided to give it one more try!

Rat a tat tat went the window.

The Dear Mother and Olivia decided to get up and go see what in the
world was going on upstairs!

To their great surprise! They found........

Carolers on the roof!!!



All the anxiousness and longsuffering could
have lasted but a mere moment
if both sides would have worked together!!


Maybe the sound of beautiful melodious Christmas
music would have made the Dear Mother and Olivia come upstairs faster.
But I think the lesson has been learned!!

If ever you hear rapping at your upstairs window...
GO and see!
This "brand" of carolers won't go away easily!

Merry Christmas
Ya'll

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The A and C Publishing house.

Dade City Christmas Stroll

It's time for our annual stroll through Dade City's Antique Shops.....

"I love this time of year."So many "perfect" gifts to buy,

With so little money to buy them with,

So we must get just the right one.Christiana spots somebody......being NOSY!!!

"No peeking!" "Hey honey, maybe that little girl will take us home."

Sisters = Love

Are we having fun yet?

Yep, you bet yer bottom dollar we are!!

Looking around to see if there are any snoops.There they are again, trying to spy.

"Scat you two and be gone with yourselves!"

"Say, with all this shopping, Mabel, I think it must be time for a coffee break."

(Actually, that's what momma was really saying.)

"Do you see what we see?"

(Oh, if you only could.)

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The Antique Car Show

One of Liv's favorite parts of the Stroll.

(Actually, the Christmas stroll is next week,

but we come a week early for the car show

and to avoid the crowds.)

"What fun we have had:)"

November

Here's a glance at our November.......

Preparing for a special Thanksgiving with precious family........The littles making decorations.The fabulous, feather-filled, fantastic Turkeys.The fun way to shop :)

This is when all the work of canning pays off.Apple filling with the apples from Tennessee.
James working on yummy "Pilgrim Hats".

(Wonder what he's thinking...)

Ahhh, that's what he was thinking.

Well now, you know the cook's got to make sure the food is good.

The food is ready to take to Uncle Toms.Thank you Uncle Tom, for hosting a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast.

You're always the best host for anything."We will be friends." Granny and Aunt Mary working on the fall puzzle.....

after FINALLY finishing this excruciatingly hard puzzle.)

Tom and Matt.
Sweet sisters enjoying the cozy fire.

And only one accident this year.

But, of course we won't just leave you with this nasty pic.

If you want to see more of "November", just keep on scrolling.

More of November

More of

November at a glance.....

The blessing of fresh Arkansas apples.

Thank you Discher family. So many things to do with apples.

Drying some for muffins so we can have them year round!!

Apple Pie Filling.

We were able to make lots of pectin from the apple

cores and peelings.

What a blessing not to have to buy pectin!!

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The Garden

What's in the garden now..... radishes.

Now, what to do with all the radishes.

Horseradish sauce and horseradish sauce and......

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Now for some fun

GUESS WHO'S 50

Nope, it's not Matt,

but he does have 50 balloons belonging to...... UNCLE JIMBO.

My!, How his hair has grown in his old age.

This is the Real Jimbo.

Wonder if he can blown out all these candles at once.

He huffed and he puffed and he

(blew the candle out, yep, he did it.)

The two Toms enjoying the party.

Gabriel loving his granny

and I think the feeling is mutual :)

Playing "Hot Grenade".
Well, I sure hope you've enjoyed your visit.

Now, I'll just play a few tunes for your enjoyment.