Sunday, January 16, 2011

Christmas 2010, family, family, family and Stellah turning one!!!

We were so grateful that for this year's festive season we got to see most of our family! It was a very busy time but as I look back I just feel so blessed to have such a great family! The Bakkes' came in for two nights just before Christmas on their way to Leisure Bay, we just loved having that time with them :)
We spent Christmas morning in church and I got to play with for the first time since May, I had such fun...we then went over to my Aunt and Uncle's - where we ate five different kinds of meat and extras, wow it was truly a meal worth remembering! My Aunt brought our her piano accordian and man did Stellah enjoy that :)


Stellah now has several teeth (nine or so, not bad for a one year old) with which to enjoy all the delicacies that Christmas and her first birthday had to offer. We then headed off to Leisure bay for a few days and when we returned had my Mom and Johnny come over for a week, it was really a lovely visit. It is amazing to me how one takes having family around for granted, it just takes moving away to set it all in perspective. Stellah has so enjoyed them all and lucky us, Julie has come for 10 days and I'm so thankful to also have seen a lot more of my sister Michelle and my Aunt with all the family visits.

I must say that the highlight of this year so far has been Stellah turning one! We had a nice big fat party for her..she had a ball in butterfly style!