Well, Sugar Pies Christmas time’s a comin’ in just a few days! I’m finishing up the last of my gift wrapping and baking, then it will be time to relax and enjoy the splendor of the most wonderful time of year! It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks, as it always is. Even though I start early with my Christmas planning, it still seems to take the whole month to get everything ready! I did get some time away from my holiday preparations though by taking a short road trip with my hubby and youngest daughter Summer Rose up north to the charming town of St. Charles Missouri, just outside of St, Louis. I shared my time there last year during the summertime, but this was the first time to see it all dressed up for Christmas, and what a charming place to be this time of year! Established in 1769, St. Charles sits on the banks of the Missouri River, the very spot where Lewis and Clark launched their legendary adventure to the West! Daniel Boone’s homestead is not too far from here also. I took lots of pictures so you can enjoy this beautiful little town from the comforts of your own home…come see!
Quaint cobblestone streets…
The homes and shops were adorned with fresh evergreens and red velvet bows…
The shop windows glowed with sparkle and the warmth…
There were friendly folks, dressed in colonial period costumes, greeting everyone with Christmas cheer. This jolly fellow was Santa, Daniel Boone Style!
St. Lucia from Sweden was there…
Christmas carolers on every corner filling the air with joy…
More carolers… ;)
We arrived in the late afternoon…the air was crisp and sweet…the light was golden.
Ahhhh! A nice fire to warm the pink nose and toes!
A peek at the Missouri River!
Chestnuts roasting by an open fire!
Adorable shops!
My favorite photo of the trip…the light just shimmered on this church cross…reminding us why Jesus came!
Back home…Summer Rose and her friend Sadie Rose ( yes, two Rose-y girls!) worked on a school project together…Christmas traditions in Sweden.
The girls baked sugared gingerbread cookies for their classmates.
On another day…Summer, Madeline, Sadie and Raleigh enjoyed a Christmas get-together, filled with games, a Christmas movie, a gift exchange and making Graham Cracker Gingerbread houses.
Since we live in Branson, (the entertainment meca of the U.S.) we have a hundred delightful live Christmas shows to choose from. This year we went to The Osmond’s…
Donny and Marie’s older brothers….it was great!
We also went to Dolly Parton’s Dixie Family Christmas Show…take a peek here! It was a blast!
Had lunch at the Spring Creek Tea Room in Ozark Missouri with one of my buddies, Miss Marla Jean. The food is always amazing there… Strawberry soup and Chicken Salad Sandwich is always my choice and exquisite cake for dessert! The food was delicious but the company was sweeter!
My son J.J. and his fiance’ Tiffany came out from California…it’s so fun to have all of my kids together! We went to an old time-y photo place for this years family picture. Look at my Johnny boy with his little bare feet showin’!
Making Italian Pizzelle cookies is one of our family traditions. They’re like a thin crispy sugar cookie that you make in a waffle-type iron. They look like happy little snowflakes to me. Pizzelles don’t last long at my house. In fact I’m getting ready to whip up another batch!
Sugar Pies, in the hustle and bustle of this season take good care of yourself by going to a quite place, take a deep breath and reflect on the greatest gift ever given…
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
God is always watching over you…He loves you so much He just can’t take His eyes off of you!
Because of Jesus, everything’s gonna be alright.
Sugars, I’m so thankful that you take the time to leave me encouraging comments. They mean so much to me! Really, you have no idea! I read everyone and pray for you by name. May you have a blessed Christmas my “Oh honeys” (as some of you know, I say OH! Honey! whenever I see something soooooo adorable…that’s how I feel about all of my Sugar Pie Sisters!)
If the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be back sometime after the New year!
May the Good Lord Bless you and keep you real good!
Aunt Ruthie!
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Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie!! Hope you and your family have a warm and happy holiday season. :)
Blessing’s to you and your beautiful family~! And Merry Christmas~!!!! Love reading your blog…Please say a prayer for me..as I am missing my family really badly at this of year..My husband is in the Navy so we are about 1600 miles away from my Family and I miss them soooooo..
Thank’s
Ann
Thanks for sharing the great pics. I love peeking into your life and I am intriqued. You have a new follower in me!!!
Hi , Wishing you and yours a Blessed and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I love your blog and always read every post and relfect on your call to love our Lord and be patient and try not to be anxious. Thank you for all your advice and beautiful posts throughout the years! Hugs and Prayers, Emelia.
My husband and I just took a trip to St Charles Mo also. It was still decorated for fall but some had started with the Christmas stuff also.
We loved the placed and hope to take a run up there with our girls during the holiday break.
Thank you for sharing the photos. We both took a lot of the same photos but the buildings in mine where decorated for Fall, lol…
Thanks again and Have a Merry Christmas !
Pat
That area reminds me of Nauvoo IL. we just got back from visiting there. We enjoy the Osmonds too. Love your cookies! You have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS my friends..come say i :D
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie!
Here is my family Pizzelle recipe.
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I just clicked on your site to enjoy some of your wonderful Christmas music to find another great post from you. How did you know I could use a little Christmas cheer today? Thank you so much for once again blessing my soul. Loved all the photos and wish I could try the Italian Pizzelle Cookies. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Love, Donna
St. Charles looks so quaint! I fall in love with the South every time I read your blog. :)
It certainly looks like you have been doing some Christmasing! I love all of your pictures. Thank you for sharing them.
Have a very Merry Christmas and my God send many Blessings to you and your lovely family.
xx
Karen
Merry Christmas ~ we, too, are enjoying the hustle and bustle of this most blessed time of the year. The last party for my grandchildren was today and tonight is the grandchildren Christmas sleepover. It all goes so quickly and each year I vow to start my preparations earlier. {and I start EARLY}
Blessings to you in 2011.
Sue
What a lovely post! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Oh Dear Aunt Ruthie you and your family always have such a good time…what a sweet Blessing you are to your family and to your Sugar Pie Farmhouse family…we all adore you and love you so very much and your special Blessings you give to all of us….
Wishing you and your family a Very Blessed Merry Christmas….
Tonja
Oh, what fun that sweet little town looks like. We have a similar town in Michigan: Frankenmuth…it is CHRISTmas there all year long a town founded by the Germans! The world’s largest CHRISTmas store is there.
Your family photo is just adorable, and little Johnny takes the cake…so to speak! I love those little feet, so adorable.
ENJOY this CHRISTmas and have a Happy New Year, too, my friend!
XOXO
Joni
I enjoyed the pictures of your little trip. Your two rosey girls almost look a little bit alike. Such a cute picture of them. I just love to see that you have made a new post…it just encourages me so much. And little Johnny is just adorable. If you have time soon, I wish you would share a little tutorial on making those pizelles. They are so pretty!
Sheila
Merry Christmas, Aunt Ruthie! See you next year. Be safe and have fun.
St. Charles reminds me of a place back home in Connecticut called Mystic Seaport where they had Lantern Light Tours at Christmas time. It was so much fun to go on these tours!
The Osmonds were one of my favorite groups growing up. It looks like a wonderful show to see.
I love how your daughter and friend worked on a school project about Christmas in Sweden. My great grandparents were born and brought up in Sweden! I enjoy hearing about their traditions.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Eileen
Isaiah 9:6
Hope you have a blessed Christmas! I love reading your blog so much…it always helps boost my spirits! I love the pictures and your decorating ideas and that it is overflowing with scripture!!
I live just minutes from St. Charles. I love it at Christmas time. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I have been following your blog for over a year now. I just wanted you to know what a blessing your writings have been to me. You speak so beautifully from your heart. I appreciate the time you take to encourage and bless all of us. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I hope you and you family have a wonderful holiday! I was so excited about your new post today! Your posts always inspire me and give me the push and encouragement I need. Thank you! God Bless!
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie to you and your beautiful family.
Thank you for a year of beautiful posts, Aunt Ruthie. You are a blessing to all.
Merry Christmas to you and your sweet family!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hi Aunt Ruthie,
I’m so tickled you blogged again before the year is over!! Loved it! You ALWAYS make my day better! I particularly needed your words “Because of Jesus, everything will be alright”. My momma has been in the hospital for 11 days. She has Pneumonia and Alzheimers on top of that. She has not been well or awake until today when we had a blessed miracle from God. She was scheduled for a feeding tube but it was cancelled due to a blood clotting issue. It was an answered prayer and God’s plan because she woke up and they did tests to find out she can try pureed foods. We rejoiced and praised God. She ate half of her supper tonight and has not had food for days. Whatever happens now is God’s will. I’m just so happy I was able to see my momma alert and talking. Your spiritual words and Christian love you share is such an uplift and inspiration to me and I thank you. Please say a prayer for my momma Sharon if you will. We are unsure if she will be out of hospital for Christmas but that’s okay, we already got a wonderful present!
God bless you….Enjoy your time with your family. Merry Christmas…
Love,
Tanya
I am so glad my mom introduced me to your blog! What a blessing you are! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating home, family, and our sweet Savior!! :)
Seasons greetings Aunt Ruthie,
I love reading your posts so much. They are such an encouragement and inspiration to all of us readers. You encourage us to be proud to be homemakers and to love our families. I have a question though, January is always a very slow and kind of depressing month. What do you do to keep yourself happy and occupied :) ?
You always put a smile on my face and a little spring in my step! Have a blessed Christmas and know that I pray for you, too.
Love, Helen
Beautiful pictures!
All the best to you and yours as well Ruth Ann. Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
((Hugs))
Laura
I always love your photos, and have gotten some great ideas from your blog. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful holiday!
Hi Aunt ruthie, I adore your website. It is so encouraging and uplifting. My home is so much cosier and homier because of you and your inspiration. I just purchased the chalkboard markers and some chalkboard paint. I had so much fun creating a “Winter Blessings” chalkboard for my home. I hope to make my first batch of pizzelle cookies today and can hardly wait to taste them. They are so pretty the way you have displayed them in your pictures. That little Johnny is such a cutie pie. I know he will make this Christmas even more special for you and your beautiful family. Mat God bless you and yours this Christmas
Have so enjoyed meandering through the city with you … such a lovely & jolly visit.
Merry Christmas to you & yours. Thank you for a wonderful year of friendship.
Blessings & joys ~
TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon
what an enchanting Christmas card! i am tempted
by every item on your sidebar. maybe i will get
some Christmas $ to bring over her after. :)
blessings on you and your precious family this
Christmas,
lea
Merry Christmas!!
Kendra
Oh Aunt Ruthie! I was sitting here at work when my e-mail popped up that you had a new post. My heart just LEAPED!! Your blog is one of my most VERY FAVORITE to visit. You are like me, a wife, and a mama, who loves her family. And even though I do work outside the home, I too do all I can to make our home a warm and loving place for my husband and our two kids. I am excited for Christmas, and so thankful for the TRUE reason we celebrate. (Just another thing we have in common!) Thank you for sharing your home and your family with us “Oh Honeys!” and for sharing your faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus. Today I pray that God will bless you and your family. Thank you for being a blessing to me. I love seeing your home and all the love you obviously pour into it for your family. While we may never meet here in earth, I love “visiting” you, and in eternity, we will know each other forever! Hugs to you from Central MO my friend!
Ruthie, May God richly bless you and your family this season! You inspire and remind so many with your blog. I used to live in St. Charles more than 20 years ago, and it was nice to look at the photos. Thank you!
Thank you for always sharing a part of your life with us and allowing us to see it through your blog….I always get very excited when I get a blog post coming through on my account.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Blessings.
Goodness gracious, Aunt-y Ruthie, What a lovely little town to visit today! Thank you for taking us along. The snowflake cookies look delicious too! May you have a wonderful, warm Christmas inside and out. God bless and keep you.
With Southern love,
Regina
Your blog isADORABLE!!! I have been reading it for a few years. I want to thank you so much for showing us your lovely home and wonderful family life. You are a blessing to anyone you are around, I’m sure. I wish you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all your work on your inspiring blog.
God bless, Kathy in Illinois
Thank you again for all your love, prayers and blessings… You have no idea what it means to me also!
May the coming New Year bring God’s greatest blessings to you and all your precious family!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MARANATHA!
Okay, Aunt Ruthie! This post left me with tears in my eyes! Though I soaked in every word, you will never know how much only ONE line was exactly what I needed today…(Because of Jesus, everything’s gonna be alright.) Oh, how I needed to read that and be reminded today! Thank you SO MUCH for inviting us into your life and making it a memorable time while we are there. May you and your family be blessed, and have a very Merry Christmas!
Thank you for sharing Aunt Ruthie! Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!
God Bless!
Hi Aunt Ruthie – Christmas Blessings to you, hon (that’s what WE say here in good old Baltimore MD – everyone is a hun, ha ha!). I have fond memories of pizzelle cookies, my mom makes them every year (sometimes she makes chocolate ones, OH HONEY!). This year my dad is under the weather (he broke his neck a few weeks ago) so my mom isn’t doing her usual baking and decorating. That’s ok – having my dad still here is the best present I could ever receive. Thank you Jesus for shining your everlasting light on my family and guiding my dad when he fell. I know you were there to protect him for doing more damage than he did.
Love all your photos – especially the old time family photo, LOVE IT!
All the best from the Taylor house to yours!
Diane, Dave and Indy Bones (100 pounds of chocolate lab luv)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. Looking forward to visiting the Sugar Pie Farmhouse next year!
Aunt Ruthie, thanks for the stroll down the streets of a quaint Missouri town. I keep thinking someday I’d like to have a Christmas like that.
Merry Christmas, God Bless us every ONE!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your trip to St. Charles. When we lived in IL, I used to go over there with 2 of my sweet sisters-in-law. It has been 5 years since we’ve moved to Colorado and I miss those special times with them, even though I love seeing the Rockies out our windows and knowing that God brought us to another beautiful part of His creation.
Merry Christmas…may our dear Lord Jesus be praised! Enjoy your family and make lots -0-memories with your family.
I discovered your blog recently and am loving the photos of your beautiful decorations. I also enjoy your music and have it playing in my kitchen laptop while I work. Your words of encouragement mean more than you can imagine. I needed to hear your reminder that because of Jesus, everything’s gonna be alright. I stress so much about things that are out of my control and need to remember this important truth. Have a very Merry Christmas!
It seems like your posts always some at the perfect time! I really needed this today…”Because of Jesus, everything’s gonna be alright.”
I will have to make it up to Branson for Dolly’s Christmas show one of these days and the pizzelle cookies are gorgeous!
Merry Christmas!
Aunt Ruthie, what lovely memories you are making. I am a Florida girl, born and bred and have just come to Vermont for my very first white Christmas. It is almost a blizzard here right now, but the fire is delightful. What beauty that our Lord has created for each of us in our own place. Thanks for sharing all your beautiful memories with me. God bless you and your family and I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Ruthie,
Just wanted you to know what a blessing you are to me, so encouraging, so sweet and precious. The home and the family are God’s best gifts on this earth (after Jesus of course) and you nurture my soul, and I try and pass that on to my family. I am so glad to hear you live in Branson. We live outside of Springfield. Not only are we kindred spirits we are neighbors as well!!! Merry Christmas Neighbor!!!!
Blessings,
Ranell Morris
Dear Aunt Ruthie,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your life, your travels, your home and your faith. I feel like we are kindred spirits and will add your family to my “Psalm 91 prayers” each day.
I just heard Kenneth Copeland say again this morning that, because we have Jesus and His Word, everything is going to be all right. Thank you for your reminders that we don’t have to fear or worry, just trust Him, no matter what is going on in the world.
May the year to come be filled with daily reminders of God’s abundant provision and His awesome love. Merry Christmas!
Such lovely photos!
I love that Summer Rose has been studying Swedish Christmas traditions! I’m an American living in Denmark and this is my first “Jul”. Scandinavia is a very special and magical place during Christmas.
Aunt Ruthie, My mom and dad always had the Osmond’s Christmas album playing every year. It just screams of Christmas! So when we were all in Branson like, 15 years ago, we went and saw their concert and even stayed afterwards to meet the brothers. I enjoyed getting to see them again through your eyes! God’s blessings to you and yours for a wonderful Christmas and happy birthday, Jesus!
Dear Ruthie,
Thank you so much for being such a blessing by sharing your faith and family and having so much fun along the way:~D God bless you and yours this Christmas season and always. I look forward to visiting with you this coming year.
Beautiful bog~as always! Merry Christmas to you and yours from San Diego!!
That was supposed to say Blog :)
Thank you so much for sharing with us! Merry CHRISTmas!
Happy Holidays to you….and thank you for so much inspiration and lovely pictures to enjoy over the year….I look forward to more inspiration and lovliness from the sugar pie farmhouse in 2011……
Andrea
by the way,….we are planning a family reunion in Branson next year…where did you get the old time family photo…what a fabulous idea!!!!!!
Wonderful pictures, Thank you for sharing them.
Love your blog…
Thank you for the lovely pictures! Y’all’s family picture is tooooo darm cute this year! Thank you for all of your inspiration that you share! God bless you and your family! Have a wonderful Christmas!
Dear Ruthie: I just love your web site and your great inspiring words. Love the pics of Branson . We were there in July for the first time and it was a lovely place.
Dear Ruthie, Love your spirit. Yes it is all about Jesus who came so that we might have everlasting life. I love Christmas. It is also my birthday. Thank you for praying for all of us. That is so comforting to know. I will pray for you and yours too. You bring us all so much joy. Have a blessed Christmas!
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Ruthie,
Of course this is the time of year for reflection….one of the major highlights of 2010 was finally getting the opportunity to meet you. And I still am so thankful for that lovely necklace you gave to me – I wear it quite often and always get so many compliments on it. I just love it – but I love you more! Merry Christmas.
Hello Sweet Ruthann, Thank you for the tour of St. Charles! I must get back there to MO someday. My grandmother’s and one grandfather were born there so we have history in MO! Other grandfather was born in Sweden. Looks like you are all ready for Christmas! Loved spending another year with you blogging Ruthann!
Wishing you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Love,
Maryjane
xox
I always love stopping by for a visit..and I love love love the places you take us..I would love to see your town and this cute little town too..love!!!! the family picture..and i could eat those little toes.,;) have a wonderful christmas too.;) and hope to see you next year!!!
Merry Christmas to your family, from mine in Texas!
Dear Aunt Ruthie-
This is my first time commenting-I found your blog under a month ago and fell in love with it and you! Your perspective and attidtude are so uplifting, encouraging and edifying – keep up the great work! Loved seeing the Mo pics. My best friend is currently living in Chesterfield, Mo (real close to St. Charles) and I miss her and the family terribly but it was so nice to see what she is seeing:) Thank you!
And you are soooo right that with Jesus everything will be alright – just gotta hold on and believe:) Have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year!
Wendy-Lou
Thank you Aunt Ruthie for the warm feelings you give. Your comforting words seem to always stop me in my tracks and remind me of what is real and how it is possible.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. And of course, the good Lord is willin’ and the river won’t rise….you will be back. You comfort us all!!
I loved your post. So homey and sweet.
Also, I love Branson. We left Springfield.a few years ago to be closer to my husband’s family and for a ministry opportunity. I miss it so much. It just felt more like home to me.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. May God Bless you today and always.
Aunt Ruthie, Thank you for your words today. I desperately needed to hear them. I do know God is in charge but sometimes I forget to just trust and not worry about what the next days will hold. Wishing you and your’s a very blessed Christmas. Enjoy your blog so much!
Hugs, Marietta
Hi Ruthie,
What a wonderful time of year to be living!
May you have a BLESSED CHRISTmas
and a very HaPpY new year. 2011?
W o w z a…doesn’t that seem amazin’?!!!
God bless you and talk to you soon,
d
Merry Christmas from up the road in Warsaw.
Enjoy your blog so much.
Dear Aunt Ruthie,
I’ve thanked you before, but thank you again for your beautiful blog, sisterhood and thoughtful posts! We homemakers have at last a place to encourage one another and be encouraged by you! Thank you.
St. Charles makes me think of Main Street at Disney World! So of course you like it – you’ve got taste, friend. And your little Johnny – as well as the rest of you family – are such treasures, you do a good job mothering all of them. You all sure know how to have a good time, too, those Western family photos are a treat!
Happy Advent and Merry Christmas from your friend, Heather
I always look forward to your posts. I live in a place of hustle and bustle and with my work schedule and three little kids, sometimes the simple joys go unnoticed. Thank you so much for such a wonderful message. I love how you enjoy making your family’s daily lives a treasure, especially during the holidays.
Merry Christmas!
merry christmas ruthann to you and your beautiful family!! summer rose looks so grown up in those pictures. she gets lovelier each day
Hi Aunt Ruthie,
I have always wanted to write you and today I think is a good day to do so. I get so exicted when I see an email waiting for me from sugarpiefarmhouse. I absolutely love your blog, everything about it. I love all the vintage photos, all the red and white colors in your decor. I love your sweet, kind and bubbly spirit especially. Your home is just gorgeous!!!! I enjoy to hear about the things you do for your family and friends. And forget about your decor, it blows me away too. I have never seen a more beautiful pantry in my life- it’s like a dream. But most of all I love your wisdom that you share with us. You are a great encourager and I really look forward to reading all that you post. I feel grateful to have come across your path in computer land because I benefit from what you share. To me, you are what a woman should aspire to be. You inspire us to be our best and share all this goodness as a dear friend would. You lift my spirits and I’m just thankful for you. You plant good seeds so that we can learn and grow spiritually mature and also just to be a better woman. I still have learning and growing to do with the Lord and as a person in general and I want you to know that even though I am not lucky enough to know you personally, I have been lucky enough to come across you here and I view your wisdom as a positive role model for me and also as that of a mentor. So thank you!
I wish you and your family a very blessed and joyful Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hello Aunt Ruthie, So glad to read another beautiful post from you. I look forward to each and every one. Have a very merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.
It is the morning of Christmas Eve here down under – so lovely to have a post to read before I get busy with all my preparations today. Your blog is always like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day – and today it is raining! There was a koala in one of our trees yesterday asleep with the rain dripping down on him – he didn’t seem to mind! But hope the sun shines tomorrow! A very happy Christmas to you and your family from not so sunny Australia. May God continue to pour down His blessings on you as you continue to minister to so many women through your lovely warm hearted blog – it touches so many lives.
Merry Christmas, Aunt Ruthie !! My sweet daughter, Mindi White told you about our visit with the Osmonds many years ago. Our time in Branson is a sweet memory for us and we would love to go back. Your blog is a blessing to us and thank you for your time and talent in writing it for all of us.
Merry Christmas! Loved this post and the last. Also enjoyed your end of summer posting about your vacation in California! Love to be welcomed at your open houses as we peek at your seasonal decor. I just wish that you had more frequent communications, it’s so much fun to see what you are up to. Have a wonderful holiday surrounded by your family and best wishes for the new year!!!
Love,love, love your posts…
Happy Holidays!!!!
Christmas Greetings!
Your blog is so uplifting. You really have the gift of encouragement and I love how you always magnify the Lord. I know that pleases Him so much and isn’t it true that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people. God is so good!
Have a blessed Christmas.
Karon
Merry Christmas sweet Aunt Ruthie!!
Hello Sweet Sugar Pie Aunt Ruthie …
Looks like your having a humdinger of a Christmas celebration already at your home with Kiddos small and well mature …LOL !!
Wishing you and yours a Blessed Merry Christmas …
Happy Birthday to our Sweet Jesus !
Hugs and Blessings ..Sara
Another amazing and wonderful post my sweet friend! Soooo love spending time with you and always look forward our next “coffee time.” Lots of hugs forever and always….Marla Jean : )
Dear Ruthie,
Thank you for the prayers and blessings….always needed. Did you know the name Ruth means compassion. Just wanted you to know. Your pizzelles look delicious. My oldest daughter is 3/4 Scotch-Irish and 1/4 Italian and she makes the lightest pizzelles I’ve ever tasted. Just love them. Wouldn’t be Christmas without them. I always feel uplifted after reading your blog….so glad I found you this year. Special Christmas blessings on you and all your family. Jesus is Lord.
Evelyn
Aunt Ruthie, you are such an inspiration and I really needed to hear that everything is gonna be alright! Especially now, since I have just been diagnosed with breast cancer. I think we have caught it early, but I admire you so much and I would sure appreciate you saying a prayer for me! You are such a blessing! Have a wonderful warm family Christmas. See you in the New Year!
Merry Christmas to you and your Family. You have given me so much enjoyment from your Website. Thank you for sharing your wonderful world.
Aunt Ruthie, I was so glad to see your new post. I am always ready for a message from your home! You seem to know what really counts in life and how to make everyone feel special. My prayer is for a wonderful year ahead in 2011 for you and your family. Your post is always like a good dose of medicine for the soul! Guess that makes you (Dr.) Aunt Ruthie! :) LOL
Just loved Johnny Angels little toes!
Have a very Merry CHRISTmas .
Becky R
Your blog makes me smile! God bless you and yours and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Oh, I’m so jealous! You went to see the OSMONDS?!! I still have their albums from when I was a kid!… Well, I think it’s great that you got to see them! I’m sure the show was wonderful!… I enjoy visiting and reading your posts, and just wanted to wish you and yours a blessed and very Merry Christmas! ~tina
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie. Thank you for your warm wishes and to remind us all that Jesus is the reason for the season. May your Christmas be bright and so glad that your family will be with you. My two oldest children and their families will be in Northern California and we will have our youngest daughter and family over for Christmas. I will miss my other families and hope that they have a Merry Christmas. Your grandson Johnny is so cute he steals your heart away. I so enjoy all of your letters and tours of you beautiful home. I am also a California girl and would love to have snow for Christmas but instead we have had 5 days of rain. Merry Christmas everyone, Love you, Sandy
Oh, Honey . . . . I love your website!! I read every word of your letters and love the pictures!
Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and the best New Year you have ever had!
Much love to all!
Thanks for your encouraging words! Merry Christmas!
Debbie
I live in a desert land, far away!!
I really enjoy these pics of a wintertime Christmas as they make me think of home. My family love your recipes!
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie
Sweet Ruthie . . . thanks again for being such an inspiration to all us sugar pie sistas! It is so great to have someone cheering us on to be the women God wants us to be. May God’s presence bless you and your darling family this year!
Hugs & Blessings.
Brenda
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie. Love the pics of your hometown. Wish I could see it. Christmas time looks wonderful there. Have a healthy, happy and blessed New Year. Johnny angel is growing up so fast. Enjoy the holidays. Hugs Paulette
Merry Christmas & A Blessed New Year ! Looking forward to A Great 2011 !
Merry Christmas to your family!! I love your blog, you are very inspiring!
tina
Merry Christmas!!
Thank you for being a blessing to me and many others with your blog.
Just said a Christmas Eve prayer for you too! Thank you for continuing to inspire and bless me. You are a reminder that there are still a lot of good people in this world who appreciate the slendor and joy in the life that has been provided for them here on Earth. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for such a wonderful place to visit! I always look forwarding to receiving my e-mail letting me know it’s time for me to go to the farmhouse and see what you’ve been up to. I love all your decorating and the little peeks into your family activities.
From me and my family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
The sugar pie farmhouse is one of my favorite places to visit on a quiet afternoon. Especially at Christmas time. The Lord bless you and your family. Merry Christmas!
Dear Ruthann…another uplifting blog post and such a lovely Christmas gift to your readers and sistas. You and the other ladies here are in my daily prayers and I hope you will have a blessed Christmas. A week or so ago I got a pizzelle maker (makes tiny ones!) and it will be my own personal fun activity for next week to try to make some as good as Mom’s. And I think I will have to search your blog to see if you already posted your recipe, too. My family and co-workers are in for a treat!
Greetings from Carthage!
May God bless you and your family as you focus on his supreme gift and sacrifice.
Happy Christmas!
Laura
Hi Aunt Ruthie,
Wishing you and your adorable family a Christ filled Christmas.
Love, Valerie
Merry Christmas!
Well let’s hope that creek stays put! LOL I hope to hear all about how your Christmas went. Merry Christmas to you and yours! My daughter is coming up tomorrow, so that will be our family day.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Ruthie and the best of everything in 2011! Looking forward to another year here!!
Merry Christmas sweet Ruthie! I love ya to pieces! Enjoy Johnny with his first Christmas evah and enjoy having all of your children together. I look forward to all you have in store for us Sugar Pie Sisters in 2011. Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you for sharing photos of a place that does Christmas up right! We California girls get used to seeing lights on palm trees and forget that some places really do look like the Christmas cards. Hope your day was blessed (I know it was).
Merry Christmas Aunt Ruthie! My family is from St. Louis. Although I now live in New York, I really miss the beauty and charm of St.Louis and St. Charles. Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos! Your family photo is gorgeous and what a beautiful testimony to God’s love…….I gave my husband a framed picture with the sentiment …All Because Two People Fell in Love……..that seems so fitting for your family photo. Sending you thoughts of cheer and love this Christmas! Love, Desi Anne
Happy New Year to you and your family!!! Your post was GREAT!!!
The Italian Pizzelle Cookies…YUMMMMMMMY!
Merry Christmas To You Ruthie And Here’s Wishing You And Your Family A Joyful And Prosperous Year In 2011…
I found your blog while I was on maternity leave with my little angel. I’m back at work now, but I find your blog to be an encouragement! I work outside the home, but I have really been striving to be a good wife and mother and have a warm and inviting home for my family. Anyway, I truly appreciate your tips and tidbits and the encouraging words and scriptures. Gods blessings to you and yours in the new year.
Greetings from Tennessee!! We just relocated from Oklahoma to Tennessee. We had a wonderful Christmas with family members in our new area. Good food and fellowship – Bible verse reading and singing of the Christmas story. Wonderful !! So happy to finally be back online for the first time since our move. So happy to find your newest post. :) Love from beautiful Tennessee!
Betty, Tennessee Transplant 2010
I LOVE, LOVE your family photo! You made Italian cookies…I made an Italian Christmas dinner for the first time (for Christmas, that is!)…chicken carbonara. It was a hit! Merry Christmas, Aunt Ruthie!
P.S. That little Johnny boy is growing up so fast!
Just getting a chance to read your post. From my new iPad :)
This one just made me feel so warm and cozy and really shows the importance of the season JESUS. I’m so glad you got a chance to enjoy your colonial town visit and some Christmas shows, too. God bless you. Your are a true encouragement to many.
I just finished reading your post and enjoying every minute of reading how you and your family celebrate a wonderful, blessed time of the year. I am taking a few minutes to reflect on our family gatherings this past few months. I record as much as I can about them in my monthly journals as time goes so quickly and that way I can go back and “enjoy” them again and again. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and may God richly bless you and your family in the coming new year. Love your site and enjoy listening to the music as I read.
Thank you again, for your delightful posts, Aunt Ruthie!! Besides your aDORablE pictures ( I wish I could redo the whole house like yours!! :) ), the way you grace us with your religious and spiritual thoughts… Dear, it is such an encouragement! God bless you!! You know that the media loves to paint all “religious people” especially women, as doudy old fussbugdets….and you certainly blow that picture all to pieces! Allelulia!!You are a role model of faithfullness, charity and also graciousness and kindness. no, I don’t know you personally, but you graciously invite us into your home and family. You are faithful to your husband and faith, and you are kind enough to share with all of us.
Thank you and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! God’s blessings to you and yours.
From France, a happy new year for you and your family… see you soon…
Love / your site / will visit again soon /// God you and yours/// Miss Mary
God Bless you and yours.
Aunt Ruthie, Love this site. I just joined you about two months ago and love what you have done. I just went thru all of you posts from the very beginning. WOW111 I love it. Will you please send us more of your wonderful recipes and I would like to get the book you did for the summer. can I still get it? Also when ever possible I really enjoy that you tell us where you bought things. Can we buy the kitchen items from Silver Dollar City on your website? Happy New Year. I am at my daughters home in Hollister, Ca. for her birthday today. She is expecting my new grandbaby. This is her 2nd child we were blessed with Andrea Rose 18months ago. Again may god bless you.
Aunt Ruthie~I was wondering if you could help me out? I truly love all of your seasonal decorating—I often use your photos for inspiration! I’m wondering, what do you do know that Christmas is over? What comes down, what stays up, what comes back? For some reason, this year I’m at a loss of what to do. Didn’t know if you would be posting new pics of your “after Christmas” house soon, to give me some ideas!? I have several “Merry Christmas” things that will obviously come down. Just not sure what to do with the rest. Would love any input you could offer! Thank you again for all of your encouragement to all of us, decorating and spiritually! :) You are truly gifted in both areas! :)
What delightful pictures! I hope you and your family have a wonderfully blessed New Year!
Blessings,
Jill
Your blog brings a smile to my face even when I don’t feel like smiling!
I love your blog! My mom introduced it to me a few weeks ago and I’ve been hooked ever since! Love, love, love it!
Hi dear Ruthie !
May I get your pizzelle cookies’ recipe ?
Big Hugs from France