Winter Wonder Land

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well here we are again. It is the time we reflect on our years events and memories. What will this next year hold for us? I pray that we will all find peace in our world, no matter where it is! May each of you that are part of my world have a wonderful new year and may that peace find you.
Love Lorie

Annual Christmas Cookie Party Exchange

Last night we had our annaual Christmas Cookie Exchange Party. This has been a tradition for about 12 year. The party is held a one of the friends houses and the hostess serves a wonderful meal. We enjoy the evening and exchange gifts along with the cookie exchange. Each friend brings a basket or container to be exchange with the other friends. The basket exchange has been conducted in serval different manners. This year each basket is assigned a number and then we rolled a dice to see what number. Five friends, five numbers, who evered rolled a number other then there own received the basket with that assigned number. It is reall fun to see what everyone will bring. The exchange is not limited to just cookies, this year the were pies, muffins, bannana nut bread and cookies. This is a really fun way to get treats for the company coming for th holiday.
A BIG THANKS to Deb Jenkins for a wonderful turkey dinner with the fixins. THANKS for all the fun.
Love, you guys

Monday, December 15, 2008
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS TAG


1. Egg nog or Hot chocolate? Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps the presents unless it is something different. Like Lukes Dogs this year.

3. Colored lights on a tree/house or white? White lights usually, but this year they are different.

4. Do I hang mistletoe? Yes Sidney won't let me forget. She has a thing about mistletoe!

5. When do I put up my decorations? When my dear hubby can pencil me in. Most of the time for Thanksgiving, it didn't happen that way this year!

6. What is my favorite holiday dish? Well I love to eat, that is apparent, so any thing tasty.


7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? My Mother knitted Christmas socks for all of her children and nieces and nephew. They had a Santa face on them which had yarn like fluffy hair. We said it grew every year, and it got longer. LOL now to think about it.


8. When and how did I learn the truth about Santa? I honestly don't remember. I am pretty sure it was on TV on some show. I don't remember the show.

9. Do we open a Christmas gift on Christmas Eve? No I don't think I did as a child.

10. How do I decorate our tree? Well some times the Grandchildren are with me and help, but most of the time I do it my self.

11. Can I ice skate? No, never have been.

12. Can I remember my favorite gift? It was my cricut. I really wanted one.

13. What is the most important thing about the holidays for me? FAMILY.
And having the Christmas spirit. OF giving, not receiving.

14. What is my favorite holiday dessert? Any thing yummy!!!!

15. What is my favorite holiday tradition? Being with family and hear the Polar Express. Once we even went on it in Heber City, UT.

16. What tops my tree? A large snow flake.

17. What do I prefer - Giving or receiving? Giving

18. What is my favorite Christmas song? Angel We Have Heard on High

19. Candy Canes? Will for a minute.

This the Season

You know I like many other adults would love to feel the feeling of being a little child who just cannot wait for Santa to arrive. With the magic of all there is to Christmas time, the present we cannot wait to find under the tree, the smell of all of baking from the kitchen and the carols being sung and played every where you turn. The feeling of secretes of what presents you have for your loved ones.
And most of all the waiting all night on Christmas Eve to hear some sound of the bells on the Santa sleigh.
It is truly a magical time of the year.
One of the best things is to look at the joy in the children's eyes. I have been watching that twinkle of over thirty years now. First in my children's and now in the grandchildren.
Here's to the meromiers.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving to all I LOVE. Thank you for all your LOVE. We are all blessed to live in American with our life's of plenty. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a Holy Jolly Holiday season. Please remember to think of our solider that are fighting for us, and pray for there safety. WE LOVE YOU ALL.
Lee and Lorie Skeem

Filling in the blanks

I am most happy to say that I heard from Jeromy on Sunday Oct. 9, 2008. He called me from Germany. He is a Staff Sargent in the US Army. His job is a cook in at a Correction Facility for the Army. He has a year and a half left on his tour, he said he will be glad to come home to the states. He is married to Linsay and they have two children. A son named Jeramiah and a daughter Sidney. Linday has made me one of her friends on my space and so I was able to look at her picture. I searched every one to see what she and the children look like. Of course Jeromy is no longer a child and so it was also a treat to see what he looks like as an adult. I can see the little Jeromy in his eyes, he is srill there. I look forward to the time when Jeromy, Tony and the rest of the family can have a person to person visit.
We will be seeing Tony as soon as possible. But we have to wait to see Jeromy.