It's been five years since I have written a post on my blog.  I had to go back into the program and completly relearn the posting.  It doesn't look like my old blog is active anylonger since I had to rename it for this post.  I am hopeing I can either connect or re-enter my previous post.  I might just have to have a Retro day and repost some of them.  

Things have really changed with us over the last five years and I am wanting to reactivate my blog and start showing off my crafts again and sharing recipes, and our RV travels.  We are just now getting back into the swing of being involved in each of our hobbies and recording them either with this blog and or our You Tube channel or both.

For the last two years things have really been trying in our lives.  With the world's Virus in play we have all had to give and take that is for sure.  It sure has brought some changes in the way we do things and scheduling of our daily lives for sure.

This Valentines, Budhi and I celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary. Our children gifted us with tickets to see Andrea Bocelli in concert in Charlotte Friday night.  If photos are allowed I will share. Then we will have brunch with our children and grandchildren Saturday morning in celebrations.  We will be hosting a Valentines Party and the Not So NEW Newlywed game at our home Monday night with the neighbors.  Pictures to come.

Chinese New Years

A Holiday that we often overlook, although while living in Indonesia we celebrated it in one manner or another because it is part of the family's heritage.

This year Heather wanted to share the traditions and foods with her neighbors.  I must say it was a huge success.  So much so that several of the families asked me to come and cook Chinese dishes at their homes anytime I wanted.  LOL

Below are a few videos of the preparations and the actual meal we shared.

Wishing you Happiness and safe travels on the wings of God's Angels!

Cyndi

A White Christmas???

This wasn't the year for our family to get together for Christmas although we were able to meet up on the weekend of the 6th of January to exchange gives and spend time with our children and their immediate families.

It started snowing on us as we started our journey and continued to snow through the night and the next morning. We kept tabs on each other during our drives up because this year Aaron, Barbara, and A.J. were going to be hosting the event at their new home and they live in the mountains of Ashville in Western North Carolina with some steep inclines and descents on the roads. Since North Carolina has some of the highest mountains in the eastern USA, we were concerned with what the roads might be like, but we all made it perfectly fine.

We were all so excited to be able to join Aaron, Barbara, and A.J. at their new home (photo below) because this is the first year since A.J. has been born that their home has been large enough to house us all since everyone has grown up and formed their own families.

The last time we met at their home A.J. was just a baby (he will be 13 in March) and we were sleeping in chairs, on the floor and they did have one guest bed.  But it was some tight quarters, at I think 900 square feet, but for me (Cyndi) I so enjoyed all my family being together, it didn't matter to me where we slept.  My brother and his date at the time also joined us that year.

Here is a video of our stop for gas and arriving at our eldest son (Aaron) and his family (Barbara and A.J.)'s new home.  Everyone brought their dogs, and A.J. was so excited about them all coming that he went and spent his own money on buying them dog bones as their Christmas gifts.  He enjoyed playing with each of our four-legged grandchildren in the snow.

A White Christmas!

We all Need Goals

Setting Goals!

Wishing you Happiness and Safe Travels on the wings of God's Angels!

Cyndi

Giveaway

Santa Claus has come to town!  One of the the youtube channels I subscribe to  (Just in a Van) is giving away a backup camera on his channel..........

Click here to see his Video.

Southern Christmas Show

For the last eight years or so my friend Cristine and I have formed a tradition of attending the Southern Christmas Show held each year at The Park Expo in Charlotte, NC.  The first year it was just she and I then she started bringing her eldest grand-daughter and then my daughter joined us and the last couple of years we have both attended and our girls along with friends.  It has become a family/friend tradition.  Although the first years we bought all sorts of things but the last couple of years little has been spent, now we still make our purchases but nothing like what we have in the past, it is just a fun day of all of us to get together and enjoy each other and day.  We partake of wine tastings of several of the regional wineries while hearing seasonal entertainment as we are able to purchase and view over 400 merchants sharing their goods, and crafts.

I didn't video a lot but want you to see a little clip of our fun time.

Rose Shaped Apple Baked Dessert by Cooking with Manuela

This looks so yummy, This one with Apples