Christmas 2012
The holiday season was busy for many of us this year. The pictures below reflect some of the highlights of the season - from opening presents to baking Christmas Cookies.
Blake and Kate in their Connecticut home...a few friends stopped by to celebrate the season. |
Baking candy cane cookies in Rapid City, South Dakota. |
Mary Cecile, Mary, Kelly and Molly in Red Wing, Minnesota. Mary Cecile, Kelly and Molly are daughters of VJ Smith. |
Megan and friends celebrating New Years 2013. Megan, Steve's daughter, is top left. |
This used to be the nativity set at St. Joseph's chruch in Eureka, South Dakota. Mary Cecile Smith, dad's sister, won it in a raffle in the 1960s. |
Christmas cookies in Albany, New York. The candy cane cookies recipe is the same used by all our family. |
Kellan, grand-son of Steve and Stana Smith, opening presents in his grandparents' Chamberlain home. |
Wendy making a mess in Barb and Mike's home. Annual tradition of baking cookies. |
Helen Ruth Ryan Smith's candy cane cookie recipe (click to enlarge). |
Terry has attended Christmas Eve mass in Schenectady, NY a number of times over the years...fabulous architecture. And countless angels embedded in walls, windows and pillars. |
