The snow is falling
Gently and quietly
Warm comfort food hot from the oven
Bright and Shiny New Beginnings Around the Corner
Wishing you a Beautiful, Gentle, Shiny and Bright New Year!
East Coast Evans Family
- Rae
- I am an early bird in my 30's who enjoys many hobbies: interior design, art, organizing, reading, writing, music, running and weight training. I am a passionate person who believes life is an amazing adventure, hence my over usage of capital letters and !'s. I will confess, one of my biggest pet peeve's is shaking hands with a person who has a limp, cold fish grip. Ick!
My Hubby
DK
My Oldest
Rand {15 years old}
My Middlest
Kenners {12 years old}
My Littlest
JK {7 years old}
My Little Hairball
Peyton
Welcome to My Home!
My Favorite Season is Autumn
My "Infamous" Cleaning Schedule
My Living Room
My Dining Room
My Laundry Room
My Bedroom
JK's Bedroom
So Good to Hear From You
eastcoastevans@sbcglobal.net
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Same to you, Rae! Hope 2009 is a great year for you and your family!
Wishing you a happy New Year, Rae!
Hope 2009 brings you much love and happiness!
-sandy toes
Happy New Year's Rae! You've got snow! :)
that was a Hallmark Card bloggy style
Oh my!! I loved that. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.
Happy New Year to you my dear friend. Feel to blessed to know you.
Back at ya! Now I just wish it would warm-up just a hair!!!
It looks beautiful! Happy New Year!
You too!
Hi Rae!
I noticed your comment on Srapper Mom's blog about putting together a blurb book using some of your posts. I'm curious, but what exactly is that? I've seen somewhere where a person wanted to make a book out of all her posts to give to her children. I would love to do something like that, but don't really know where to begin. Any ideas? I appreciate it!
Happy almost 2009 to you, too, Rae!
I'll see you in blogland next year!!! ;)
Merry day wishes~ Les
It was great to meet you in '08 and looking forward another wonderful year in '09.
Happy New Year dear!
Beautiful post!
Happy New Year friend!
Happy New Year!
Hope 2009 is wonderful for you & your family.
Rae,
Wishing you and your family a wonderful New Year. Looking forward to blogging with you in 2009. :o)
Happy New Year to you Rae!!! New Beginnings indeed....
the same to you!!!
happy new year,
ashley
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!! It's so good to hear from you :-)
Hi Rae~
What a great post! I love the pictures. :) I hope you are having a wonderful New Year's holiday! :)
(Can I borrow some of your snow? Ours is almost gone now!) :)
I love the photos... looks like the perfect ending to the year and great beginning to a new year. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Happy New Year! Pretty pictures, yummy looking cookies too.
Happy New year! Looking forward to another year of reading your blog!
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