Christmas morning before heading over to my parents' -- they must've been good this year!

Gus Wilder Van Aelst - A Christmas Star fallen from above

The snow is falling....

A festive Christmas Eve spent between 3 houses - then finally back to my own cozy abode. Such a wonderful night reminding me of the traditions I've kept since being a child - and how lucky I am that they are still happening.

- - - I spy an elf on the shelf - - -

- - - I tend to take over, no matter who's kitchen I'm in - - -

- - - Simple + beautiful - - -

- - - A lingering shadow - - -

- - - Classic winter night sky - - -

- - - A a child I would lie under the tree with a bowl of popcorn and pretend I was looking up at the night sky - - -

- - - sock monkey love - - -

- - - My father's side of the family - - -

- - - santa's reindeer - - -

- - - tree pose, bringing back yoga from the summer - - -

- - - The snow showed up just in time for Christmas - - -

I went and 'elved' my whole family to this hip hop rendition of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies -- so funny...

I'm hooked.