Christmas at The Winds

 

Christmas Morning

 This LEGO puzzle is the best!  It comes in four little boxes inside of the big box, making it ideal for puzzle races. My kids are puzzle masters and wouldn’t even let us look at the picture for the first round. 

An Adventure & A Christmas Gathering

 A “van hike” with Poppa to Bald River Falls was delightful.

 

This was a delicious Italian restaurant after the hike. 

I can’t believe this is the only picture I have from a fantastic family Christmas gathering of 30 Gibson descendants, but since it is, it makes the cut. The Traceys were the perfect hosts and the five of us even spent the night and visited their church the next day. 

Ringing in the New Year

 

Fall Break 2025

 

Hello, everyone!

Long time, no see. 

I haven’t blogged much lately for a number of reasons. 

One is that the way I have to post right now always scrambles my pictures, for example, in this post, they’re exactly backwards!  Another is that the site that I used to print blog books has gone kaput. Nevertheless, here I am, ready to report on our lovely Fall Break.

As you can see above, Eleonora is spending the last night of her break with her adorable smallest cousins. 

This weekend, all three kids enjoyed a retreat at our very favorite camp with E as a camper, C as a man-of-all-work, including painting and weed-eating, and Josiah as a counselor. 

Here are Josiah’s cousins enjoying his counsel during chapel singing. 

I got some great organizing done, if I do say so myself, especially in the dining room. Here are some old photos I organized. And guess if you can find a photo storage box for sale in this town…you can’t. 

Eleo and a bestie in their cabin. I 

The kids’ chore chart they completed one morning before an adventure with Heather. 

We saw The Birds in a vintage theatre. $10 each for the ticket, popcorn, candy, and drink. Fun times!

We have new kitchen counters coming our way in the next few weeks, so I’ve been looking at some new paint colors. 

We went to a baby shower for a sweet neighbor. 

Chris and I took the boys on a great college tour. Loved it. 

We camped out at the platforms with Cash and had a great time. E and I came across this turtle during our morning hunt for the doughboy sticks. 

See?  I told you. Scrambled. 

Eleonora and Chris and I had a fabulous little hike at Fall Creek Falls. 

And these pictures are from eleven years ago. Lovely times with lovely people!