Around the House

Twenty-seven years ago Don brought home our first manger. Since then we have added mangers for each of our children. This year, after Christmas, Don will be packing them up for the first time and dividing them so that Quanah can take his to his home in Indiana. Since Q is getting married in June and he and Erin will be traveling through here during the summer to pick up some things from the storage locker, this was deemed the perfect time to say good-bye to a few of our mangers. Next year I will be buying mangers again but this time it will be for us. After all, we will need to restock.

A gift from Francine after a trip to Terra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chili, and Peru. This is one of my favorite mangers scenes, if not my favorite. It is hand painted on a clay flower with little hand painted figures carefully set into it.

Two more of many


This Fontanini creche is the one that started it all. When Quanah turned seven we started buying individual figures for him. Now 20 years later, the figures will be packed up and sent home with him next summer. He and Erin can pick out their own central manger figures and we have the pleasure of starting our collection of figures all over again.