Tuesday, January 5, 2010

A Visit With The Devines...

During the holidays we were able to stopy by AM and Julia's for a quick visit - we love being able to spend time with such good friends!


Julie and her friend Alysse with their puppies!

Anne Marie also share with us a few of her holidays traditions and we loved one of them so much that we are going to make it a part of our own traditions next year. Instead of using a conventional chocolate calendar to count down the number of days to Christmas, AM would wrap 24 holiday books. Each night, Julia would select a book to unwrap and they would read the book together. I believe the book that was saved for Christmas Eve was 'The Night Before Christmas.' What a great idea!!

AM and Julia also spoiled Maelyn with some Christmas gifts...



 A beautiful ornament for the tree - from their trip to China!


An amazing doll with a red thread story - and a red thread in the pocket!
A Christmas story - starting the collection! :)


Sooooo cute!



And there were even treats for Paul and I!

We had a great time visiting - we are so grateful that they are a part of our lives. We love them very much! The red thread connections....so amazing!

1 comment:

Anne Marie and Julia Devine said...

just found this ost when I was on your blog --did I miss it before -- we love to spoil Maelyn and we love to bake - so get used to it....

I can always live vicariously through someone else's adventure -- the good and the bad -- happy to be part of yours.

it's all so red thread...