A gift for Christa....

I made this header for Christa some time ago to celebrate her wonderful winter photos...

however

I have been unable upload  this header for her..but I wanted to share with you her

exceptional pictures and the love she has for her and Mike's home in Mayook.

xox

Dagmar

Country Christmas ...

Christmas in Mayook
Dec. 19, 2010

"Christmas in Mayook" held at the community School House ...

a time for neighbours, family and friends to gather ...

celebrating this wonderful festive season ...

visiting, singing, indulging in a variety of goodies, refreshments and good cheer ...

Santa arrives bearing gifts for the little children ... and yes for the "Big Kids" too ...!!!

A joyous night of singing Christmas Carols ...

lots of laughter, hugs & kisses ...

now quieting the room ... as we end singing

"Silent Night"

Christmas in Mayook ...

Traditional Tree

Since 1986 when we moved into our log house ...

we have gone out and found the perfect Xmas tree for the living room.

We would venture out all bundled up ... trudge thru the snow ...

find the tree ... cut it down

and then stop for a well deserved break of hot chocolate and cookies

to gather our strength to drag it back to the house.

Today, as the boys are on their own with their families,

Mike and I do this task ourselves ... notice the truck is doing the hauling now, we have enough strength to pack it out of the bush ... and that's all...!!

Getting it into the house and in the stand is enough work for us ... where are the kids when you need them ... ??

It takes us one day to find and bring the tree in and then another whole day to decorate ...

Beginning stages of decorating ...

Almost finished as night draws near ...

Pleased with the end result ... Sitting back enjoying the lights ...

watching the "White Christmas" movie ...

Stockings were hung ....

Stockings were hung by the staircase with care ... this year I only put up 10 stockings ... normally we have up to 20 ...!! It's going to be a quiet Christmas in Mayook ... we are heading to Alberta to spend the holidays with the kids ... will be strange not cooking for a mob !!!

I was invited to an open house at the Log Cabin Studios in Bull River on Saturday ... spent a couple hours visiting with Caroline and these are some of the treasures I took home ... beautiful display of art, crafts and goodies ...

A couple of cookie plates done up for our neighbours in Okotoks ... spent the morning baking "No Sugar Added" cookies for the Diabetics ... so one plate with sugar and one without ... also added my homemade Anitpasto as well ... Hope they will like them ...!!!

Nestled in the woods ....

My Winter Wonderland

Snow, snow and more snow ... spent the weekend clearing the driveway and around the house. So beautiful, crisp and fresh. I love it .... !!!!
Christmas lights are up, glistening in the dark, warmth of the fire ... just doesn't get any better then this.

Christmas Cookies ...

Baking & Decorating Complete

Well, a very productive day ... completed decorating the last of the cookies, snowflakes and shortbread ...! Yeah ...!!

Now in packages, vacuumed sealed and hidden away until needed. Less tempting that way for nibbling ... !! This week I hope to find the perfect Xmas tins, fill them and send them off to a few of my friends and family.

Next on the Christmas to do list ... writing and mailing out the Christmas cards ...

Happy 75th Birthday ...

Birthday Celebration !
Love you mom !

The family (except for Ian who was working out of town) were home for Thanksgiving weekend. We decided to celebrate this special birthday at the Heritage Inn for Sunday Brunch on Oct 10, 2010. Joining us were a few neighbours and friends. It was wonderful to see the great-grandchildren gathered around Oma ... with a little more help than I think Oma expected with her gift opening ... funny ... the children were disappointed for Oma that out of all her Birthday Cards no one had given her any MONEY ... !!! They think that money is the best gift ever to go buy whatever they want ... !!

After a few hours, (the children were getting bored as you can see them rolling out on the hallway floor) of feasting on the buffet, visiting, laughing we all headed home. Wishing you love, peace, health and happiness always ...!!! Now living on Vancouver Island to avoid the harsh winter in the Kootenays. Oh dear ... what was that I heard ? That it is a winter wonderland there ... laughing out loud ... thought you could get away without the white stuff ... hope you have a great day trudging thru the SNOW ... !!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !