{"id":11103,"date":"2012-12-24T17:26:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2012-12-24T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:26:07","slug":"holiday-greetings-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/?p=11103","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Greetings, friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!<\/em><\/h3>\n

The year is winding down so fast. \u00a0Where did it go? \u00a0We’ve been swept up in holiday traditions here in our house. \u00a0With 4 boys home from school for the break, I won’t pretend its a bed full of roses. \u00a0There have been many peaceful moments though, and I know I am very<\/em> fortunate. Here in the Wimmer house, probably much like yours, we like to keep traditions strong. \u00a0A friend asked to see a few pictures, so if you’ll oblige me, I’d like to share a few holiday photos.<\/p>\n

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Well, there are still a few “ornaments” left on this tree since taking this picture!<\/p>\n

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This year we took the kids to see “The Christmas Carol” and it was phenomenal. \u00a0Sitting right there in the Ford Theater<\/a> was an incredible experience….. just knowing that Abraham Lincoln saw performances there himself really filled me with awe. \u00a0This is the site where he was unfortunately assassinated in 1865, during the performance of Our American Cousin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Reindeer brownies are always a hit for class parties; we’ve made many batches of these through the years!<\/p>\n

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Randy likes to read The Nutcracker <\/em>at Christmastime. \u00a0The kids have been painting their own nutcrackers since 2007.<\/p>\n

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Remembering my Grandmother…..and making a fruitcake for my Dad. \u00a0Been making them since before we got married.<\/p>\n

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Sugar cookies are a must. \u00a0I’ve been seeing on FB that many of you are keeping this tradition alive too!<\/p>\n

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Naughty or Nice?<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Randy likes to paint shops and houses for the Christmas village every year with the boys. \u00a0There’s even a craft store in this town!<\/p>\n

I enjoy looking through December magazine issues from years past (does anyone else keep their holiday issues too?). \u00a0I found this excerpt from last year’s Whole Living<\/a> and thought I’d type it up and share it with you. \u00a0I’ve got some of these covered, but others are more difficult for me (say, #10).<\/p>\n

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Thank you for friendship and support, and simply stopping by and allowing me to share a little glimpse of my \u00a0life beyond sweet bead studio. \u00a0May peace, hope, happiness and good health be yours in 2013. \u00a0I look forward to more creative adventures and crossing paths again in 2013!<\/em><\/h3>\n

– Cindy xoxo<\/h3>\n

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The year is winding down so fast. \u00a0Where did it go? \u00a0We’ve been swept up in holiday traditions here in our house. \u00a0With 4 boys home from school for the break, I won’t pretend its a bed full of roses. \u00a0There have been many peaceful moments though, and I know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10,34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life-and-times","7":"category-something-yummy","8":"category-things-to-see","9":"entry","10":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}