Isn't Part of the Christmas Celebration for Remembering?

It is.  Definitely.

I've shared a lot of these images before,

but I wanted to do it again,

with a different look.

And there are some others I've added

A Christmas Wish,

to watch my past Christmases on a big screen.

To see Mother moving about her kitchen,

to walk into those adorable small shops with her

that used to be so much a part of downtown Evergreen.

To hear Daddy going into the living room 

to turn on the Christmas lights for us before we went in to see what Santa had brought.

Or, to hear him say, "Okay we can get up now - the house is warm enough".

I think he was really just stalling to let Mother get some more sleep.

And then more of those Christmases 

on Birchwood Drive 

when the girls were all under 10, at least.

Ten and Under - that's when children haven't even thought about leaving the nest,

don't even know they really will.

Gingerbread Village - Christmas 1992

 Ann and Laura Beth - Christmas 1985

All four girls playing on the bed - with Christmas excitement.

Kate with her first tricycle 

Easy Bake Oven Goodies

Sarah singing in a Calvary Christmas Program

Matching Dresses - please - there should have been an intervention

and someone should have told me not to do it.

That dress of mine is still hanging in the back of my closet.

Four more days - until Christmas!