My Time At Nel's House

I just spent time visiting with all the family, and it went well into the new year.  I stayed with Nel and Jess, and they are both so gracious with their homes and making their mama feel welcome.  I will start out with my stay at Nel's house, and I have to mention that this will be a photo-filled post.

We went to the village, like we always do, and did some shopping and picked up some blueberry Danishes at the bakery, which is a favorite outing for us.

Mia got a princess kitchen for Christmas.  I would have loved one of these as a kid.

Nel is having a fun time decorating her new home.  I thought these nets were creative to put all of Mia's stuffed animals in.  She has one on both corners of the room.

I've always loved this jar filled with pearls.

She made this earring holder that hangs in her closet.

She has a tea corner in her kitchen, and she just got these delightful Alice in Wonderland teas.  She made me some Starbuck's chamomile tea, which was really tasty and calming.

I thought this wine cover was funny - it's the pj's Ralphie wore in 'A Christmas Story.'

Nel usually doesn't let her cat out past 3:00.  She lives surrounded by the mountains, and there are coyotes in her area, so she doesn't let him out at night.  But someone (me) let him out cause he was purring, and we were just so glad that he returned home later that evening.

Nel and Renecke went to a new year's eve party, and the theme was 70's Disco.  She had absolutely nothing to wear, so we spent the day at the mall looking for something.  I sometimes wish I had kept my blue satin Disco pants haha.  Such fun times to look back on.

I watched Mia on new year's eve, and we had a wonderful time doing things and spending time together.  I bought her this little gingerbread cloth doll, and she named her "ginger."  

She got a light-up board for Christmas that was really cool, and I wrote a message to her.

We watched a movie, cut out snowflakes with colored construction paper, and I made her some hot chocolate with yummy toppings.

On new year's day, we watched the Rose Parade, which is a So Cal new year's tradition.

Mia played Barbie's with me, and I loved every minute of it, as I was a Barbie girl growing up.

When I was in Mia's room, I looked over, and hanging on a hook was the veil that Nel and Jess wore for their Holy Communion when they were only 7.

Nel made grandma's enchiladas one night, which were delicious, and another night she made the Greek dish, Pastitsio, which is like a lasagne.  I think it was her best one yet, so creamy and good.

Nel bought me some new year's roses, which were so pretty.

One day, me and Mia went for a walk in the neighborhood.  Nel has a big bush of these flowers in her front yard.

And in the back yard, there was a lovely poinsettia.

I had coffee and tea in this cup all week, and nibbled on these shortbread cookies that Renecke's uncle gifted them.  They were the best.

It really was wonderful spending time at Nel's house, and I will show you what we did at Jess' house next time.

~Sheri