Happy New Year! (So how late did YOU stay up?)

Happy New Year, friends! 

Are you one of those who always stays up after midnight to usher in the New Year? Joe and I actually did this year, but not by design! LOL

We just started visiting with all the Alexander clan (lots of extended family came into town), and we had such fun visiting and catching up with everyone that we didn’t leave until close to midnight (but were still home just before the proverbial ball dropped for the central time zone). But we’re usually in bed by 11ish and just celebrate with the east coast! : )

What about you? Did you stay up partying with family and friends?

Here are some quick pics from our holidays. First from Christmas Day…

Then from our Alexander New Years Eve with friends and family (some aren’t pictured in the group photo because they either had to get babies to bed or attend more festivities)…

Kellie (daughter-in-law), Kelsey (daughter), and Kurt (son)This lovely gal to the left is Brittney Booton, one of several precious neices! And you might remember Leo Kellie, Kels, moi with Leo, Kurt and Joe

During our most recent move last summer, I found a sweatshirt my sweet mom painted years ago to wear when Kelsey and Kurt were little. So I decided to wear it for Leo this Christmas…

There’s just something special about wearing something that belonged to a loved one now gone, isn’t there? Especially when they made it.

So tell us… Do you have anything special you wear or use (like a peice of jewelry, or a Christmas dish, or piece of decor, etc…) that you love using and remembering someone by during the holidays? If yes, please share. I’d love to know.

Much love to all in the 2024 New Year. I pray it’s your best year yet, this side of eternity with Christ…which is the BEST GIFT OF ALL that’s yet to come.

Much love from Nashville,

Tammy