Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Memories of Christmas


Natalie thought she was too old to sit on Santa's lap as a teenager. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus disagreed! As a small girl, Natalie performed in a dance recital at Christmas time in this costume and with the guitar.


Melanie loved Christmas as a child, and she still loves it today. She gives a lot of thought to the gifts she buys for the family, and she gets as excited as her neices and nephews for Christmas morning.

In our Sandy neighborhood, we lived in a cul-de-sac of five families. All five families had children the same ages. Each year we took turns having the annual Christmas party. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus visited and brought presents for the children.

The neighborhood group grew too large to have the Christmas party for everyone. We still meet as couples for dinner every Christmas to reminisce about the fun we all had together in the neighborhood. It was a great place for kids to grow up!

2 comments:

chelsea mckell said...

MARILYN!

I'm so happy to have found your blog!

I saw it on Jami's.

Super cute pics - that's so fun. Christmastime is the best.

I hope this doesnt sound bad... but Im really impressed with you having a blog! And you're on Facebook... you are such a tech-savvy lady!

Anyways, I'm going to be an official blog-stalker of yours now, so I'll look forward to future posts :)

Natalie said...

Those pictures are a little scary but fun to look back at I guess. I love that picture of all of the neighbor kids. Thanks again for coming to Meg's recital and for dinner after the recital.
Nat