wishing you all a blessed and joyous Christmas and New Year!

Jim, Laurie and Calvin

how lovely is your heavenly pine scent! our little family decided on a “real tree” this year. I am so glad we did… last night we loaded up in Jim’s pick-up and headed to a nursery in Donelson.

 here a few photos. all taken in available light… ISO jacked up to 1000

ta ta for now…

man it was COLD! today we went through ICE, How the Grinch Stole Christmas display…. Everyone gets a big blue long parka to wear inside, BECAUSE IT’S 6 DEGREES! Here are some photos I was able to take between putting my glove back on so I could FEEL my fingers again… Actually it was very beautiful and whimsical but did I mention it was COLD…?

before we went in…  {jump shot} sort of… we were still warm here, even though it was probably 34 degrees!

the kids loved the ice slide and went a ton of times… here is a shot of Mrs. Titan, my wild and crazy friend as she was whipping down the slide. A lady next to me commented, “She is really flying!”  If you’re wondering, NO, there are no photos of me flying down the slide!

Mr. J was hanging out in the ice cave..

this nativity display is remarkable…

before our group went in I took the opportunity to capture a few shots of Mr. J… are these eyes stunning or what?!

thanks for your visit…. I’d love to hear from you… comments are open… 

yeah, this is where it went! Love this kid! link

really smiling, a bunch of yellow smiley face balloons are JUST THE THING!