Jubilee On Ice & A Dessert
November 28, 2016

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I loved reading your memories today, Jemma. I can just picture your sweet little family loving that beautiful day. Your home looks so pretty and I'd love a bite of Cherries Jubilee!
ReplyDeleteAll your decorations look so beautiful! And I love your sweet memories. What a special, magical day for you and a precious memory to hold onto forever topped with that yummy Cherries Jubilee! Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Cecilia
Beautiful and you wrote this in such a neat way I could picture the actual event. Enjoyed and thanks for sharing a neat story. Time with family is priceless..
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful memories shared. Your decor is looking so pretty. That Cherries Jubilee looks really yummy.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Week.
Hugs,
Kris
Your description was so vivid I could see it all unfold! I could see you all out there! Thanks for sharing such a sweet story. Those moments shaped who you are! Your decorating is beautiful! And the pie looks yummy! It seems like you're going all out this Christmas! How fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post, Jemma! You told the story so well that I could vividly imagine it all unfolding. What wonderful memories!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun story and this recipe is getting pinned for future use. I love that you all shared this on Monday. These stories have warmed my heart and put a big smile on my face. A perfect way to start the week.
ReplyDeleteWhat great memories, Jemma. I found a copy of the Silver Skates last year in my vintage shopping, but you brought the story to life. A treasure, for certain.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful holiday memories, Jemma. Oh, and the decorations you have to recall all this just make my heart sing. I'm especially in love with the fabulous gate with the greens and the beautiful skates! Lovely in every way!
ReplyDeleteJemma,
ReplyDeleteWhat great memories of your childhood farm life. To have your skates must bring back every Christmas your special memory skating with your parents, keeping them close in your heart.
This Country Christmas Memory blog tour has been one of my favorite tours to be part of. So glad to be sharing with you, Carole, and Jane.
Judith
Jemma, your Christmas decorations are so lovely and what a wonderful childhood memory! Blessings, Cecilia
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Christmas story, full of country goodness and amazing memories. Thrilled you shared your memories with us. Your Christmas decor is so pretty. The skates are lovely. I never was a good ice skater...LOL. I am a California girl, so roller skating was my thing. Many blessings to you sweet Jemma. xo
ReplyDeleteJemma how wonderful to grow up in a winter wonderland! I was freezing just reading you sweet story!
ReplyDeleteWhat a charming story, Jemma. Sometimes the most wonderful part of the holidays and sitting quietly and letting those memories steep up to the top...thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely memory! Thank you ever so much for sharing it with us! I am visiting you from Carole's blog. So happy to meet you! And, your Mom's recipe looks amazing...I just pinned it and plan to make it for my husband and son. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jemma, what a wonderful memory. I remember skating on frozen lakes as a kid with my folks & brother. Your pictures are beautiful and I love the skates and little elf! Now to the recipe...anything with cream cheese is yummy! I'll be trying this and it looks easy which I like. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story. My parents were a lot like yours--except my dad was a lot older- 53 when I was born. Living on a farm like you did meant there was always work to do but,like your folks, we did not do anything on Sunday except the necessities...milking and cleaning the barn.
ReplyDeleteWe ice skated on the pond or the beaver dam..and my cousins and I would each walk about 2 miles to meet at the beaver dam to skate...and sometimes it was bumpy and rough--rarely ever frozen completely smooth.
Wonderful memories here.
I used to make that pie and had kind of forgotten about it. Time to resurrect it, I think. Happy week to you- xo Diana
Enjoyed reading your post, brings back good memories of IA winters as a kid, and thank you for the recipe, had to pin it to save (& share) for later! xo
ReplyDeleteDarling friend, for some reason, this has to be one of my FAVORITE posts of yours. I don't know why, but you hit a nerve in me this morning. I grew up in quite the opposite environment from you: in the inner city of Los Angeles. My Christmases were VERY special, thanks to the details and small generosities of my family, but being a dreamer, I always dreamed of a country Christmas, with snow and all the play that a child experiences with nature. First of all, I LOVE those little skates! And secondly, there is no place like being with nature for any season. A country Christmas, enjoying all the culinary bounty and environmental pleasures, that in itself is a gift. I love the values as well taught through a simpler life....bless you and all the memories you have to share!
ReplyDeleteYour childhood sounds perfect. We live in the country now but our little town is so weird. They don't do a lot of Christmas stuff. It makes me sad because I long for it for my family.
ReplyDeleteWe make up for it on our own.
Your home looks lovely and I love hearing about your childhood.
The Cherries Jubilee looks amazing. Oh, I wish I could have a taste of it. Such wonderful memories of your mom and dad living in the farm country and the three of you ice skating! When I was in junior high, my best friend at the time took me ice skating. And Yes, it's something you definitely have to get used to, but it was so much fun! I like those little ice skates ornament. It must bring back the best memories for you, Jemma. Christmas in Idaho sounds dreamy.
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What a great memory. Thanks for sharing it and your mom's yummy recipe.
ReplyDeleteThis is just lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet memories.
I love the family connection of memories, special food, and special memories.
There is nothing better!
I loved reading these beautiful memories of your childhood! I grew up ice skating on ponds with my dad, too ~ he was a semi-pro hockey player from Canada. :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet memory and a sweet dessert! I do remember going to the local skating rink and just ice skating all night...it was always magical.
ReplyDeleteJemma, I have wanted to hear more about your childhood on the farm ever since you said you had grown up on a potato farm, so thank you for this beautiful story about it. I felt as if I were viewing your life there in person. And I know "your kind of people," grew up with them, the bedrock of our country. And I made that pie in my young married days! Thank you for reminding me of it.
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