Welcome to my garden

There are so many jewels in my garden... rich soil, flowers, veggies and herbs, birds, butterflies, hummingbirds, ladybugs, seeds sprouting, the sound of the water fountain, but the best jewels are family and friends when they join me in the garden and share in the peace and beauty of what our Heavenly Father has provided me with. So many jewels, so many blessings. Julie +: )

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

What made it a Wonderful Christmas~

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, so that everyone who believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16


~Being Together



















~Sharing a Meal

~Dan's Margaritas






~Exchanging Gifts
















~Santa finding Nathan and Megan at our house






~Unexpected gifts!







~more Christmas Eve





~Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

After a wonderful Christmas Eve at Gil and Linda's with the whole family (minus 3) and after Megan and Nathan were tucked into bed so that St Nick could find them here at nanie and tatie's house in Arizona, David fired up the grill for a midnight snack!



Michelle and I got our warm pj's and jackets on and sat outside under the heat lamp with Dan and David waiting for the yummy bacon-wrapped-stuffed jalapeno peppers. They were sooo tasty, well the first bite was and the second bite had a kick, but they were so good! After that we were on fire! Didn't need the heat lamp to keep us warm. We were laughing hysterically, Michelle wanted to stick her tongue in the cold pool water and jumping in the pool did cross my mind. It was quite a moment!



Cheers to good memories and jalapeno peppers!




~Christmas Eve With Family
















~Finding a surprise at my front door : )



~Baking gingerbread cookies!



Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas

and a Blessed New Year!

9 comments:

  1. I took so many pictures during Christmas and I wanted to post as many as I could in as little space possible so I used Picnik. I didn't like how the pictures lost their sharpness. I still have Christmas day pictures to post and I'm not sure what to use. Still learning!!!

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  2. What fun pictures and it was a great Christmas! You did a good job sis with your photo montage! Veronica

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  3. Julie, thanks for delurking & saying hello! There are a bunch of you out there, so it's always nice to hear from you all. I enjoy blogging so much & sharing projects is fun. Looking forward to a New year!

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  4. What a wonderful time you had with your family! And I must again comment on the food....I love the way your family eats! Bacon wrapped jalepeno poppers. Be still my heart. I make them every summer with peppers from my garden, but I'm a wimp and take out the seeds and the white stuff. And then I inevitably rub my eyes at some point in the process, which makes for good times.
    Happy New Year, Julie!
    Teresa

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  5. ahhh Momma! We had too much fun with you guys and Nathan keeps telling me we are moving to AZ... I told him he has to talk Daddy into it!!! :)
    Can't wait to see you next week for some more good times!!!
    Love you!
    Chelle

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  6. Juli, thanks for sharing pictures of what I missed this year on Xmas.
    Happy New Year, Frances

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  7. Hi Julie! Thank you for vising Heaven's Walk and leaving your sweet comment! I so enjoy meeting new Christan blog friends and was happy to see a new face there. :) I'm your newest follower and look forward to getting to know you better and seeing more photos of your life in beautiful AZ! Happy New Year to you! xoxo laurie

    ps did you know that people can't reply to you via your email? If you add that to your blogger profile, it makes it easier for everyone to reply to you. :)

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  8. Hi Julie,
    Thanks so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave such a sweet comment! I sure do appreciate it!
    It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas with your lovely family! Thanks for sharing all of festivities with us!
    Happy New Year to you!
    ~ Jo :)

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  9. What great pictures Tia! So glad you got to spend time with all your kids and that Nathan (and the rest) had a wonderful time! We all have to work on Nathan to push his dad. :) Can't wait to see New Years pictures!

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