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Good morning Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI ,

OMG...love the story about Butch..smart dog to hide the cookies he couldn't eat but could savor later. I love the Christmas spirit your mom instills..her cookies ate gorgeous and has that special ingredient that make them the best..they are made with love!

Dec 20, 2020 08:47 AM #1
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John Pusa
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Good morning Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI thank you for sharing a great post for Mom's Christmas cookies. Merry Christmas!

Dec 20, 2020 08:52 AM #2
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Joan Cox
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Raymond, those dogs can be sneaky, and hid for later consumption!  Great story.

Dec 20, 2020 09:10 AM #3
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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Dorie Dillard CRS GRI ABR, as grumpy as that dog was, he followed me everywhere.  

My mom sure does use a lot of love in her recipes.  I sure miss her cinnamon rolls.

Dec 20, 2020 09:14 AM #4
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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Merry Christmas to you, John Pusa!

Thank you, Joan Cox.  Butch made the story easy to tell. Ha!

Dec 20, 2020 09:16 AM #5
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What a great story Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI !  You dog Butch was a smart little pup!  I can Barney doing something like that too. And WOW your mom out did herself with cookies and rolls etc.  Yummy!   And lastly - the little guy in the Santa Chair, is that your grandson?  He's adorable!

Dec 20, 2020 09:59 AM #6
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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That is one of my two grandsons, Anna Banana Kruchten CRS CRB, Phoenix Broker .  They are both such joys.  Russell in the Christmas rocker is one of my favorite pictures.  That laugh!

Dec 20, 2020 10:02 AM #7
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Raymond,

Enjoyed your story of your mom's cookies and the dog.  I love that photo of your grandson, Russell, and I hope you share the photo of your other grandson.  A

Dec 20, 2020 10:26 AM #8
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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Hi Ron and Alexandra Seigel.  Here is Sterling!  He is a joy too.  He has the other small rocker my mom painted.  It is decorated with the alphabet.

Dec 20, 2020 10:37 AM #9
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Raymond,

OMG what a cutie, I love that curly hair, and that sweet mischief look in his eyes!  Thank you for sharing Sterling with me...Adorable grandsons!  A

Dec 20, 2020 10:54 AM #10
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Brian England
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Her cookies definitely look delicious and I am glad they are not sitting in front of me, they would surely put a hurt on the belly I am trying to rid myself of, haha.

Dec 20, 2020 12:12 PM #11
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Hi Raymond,  thanks for sharing this delicious tale.  Butch sounds like my type of dog.  I'd hide some cookies for later too.  The cookies do look really tasty.

Dec 20, 2020 06:20 PM #12
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Hi Raymond-I loved your post and am amazed at those painted cookies that your mother does!!!  That is a real talent. I also think it was so cute that Butch "hid" the cookies that he couldn't eat. That rocker is priceless. 

Dec 20, 2020 07:20 PM #13
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Hi Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI I love your mom's Christmas spirit! Her cookies look delicious! and your grand kids are soooooo cute!

Dec 20, 2020 08:09 PM #14
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Brian England, next time you see me, you will understand why I my belly continues to expand.  I am definitely enjoying the season.

My mom does make some great cookies, Bob Crane.  I do a little hiding at times too.  That dog did teach me a thing or two. 

Dec 20, 2020 09:49 PM #15
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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Hi Kathy Streib!   Those cookies traveled a few hundred miles in the mail too. I know they started off in even better shape.  The snowmen did not make it in tact.  Those had to be eaten right away!  

Thank you, Abby Stiller.   My mom can light up a room with her spirit.  I wish she lived a little closer.  And I never thought being a grandparent would be so fun.  

Dec 20, 2020 09:56 PM #16
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Oh, I love your story-telling, Raymond! Your Mom is amazing and how wonderful that she still sees to it that you get those decorated cookies every Christmas!

Believe it or not, I had a dog (it was a Lhasa Apso) that was VERY similar - I hung the moon in his eyes and he didn't want anyone else around me. The funny thing was, my parents didn't 'spare the rod,' so to say and when the belt or whatever my parents were going to use to spank me came out, heaven forbid my parents forget to remove the dog from my room!

He was viscious...and smart like Butch. However, I don't think my dog would have saved any cookies - he would have eaten them all until he was sick! LOL

Great story, Ray - thank you for sharing.

Dec 20, 2020 10:22 PM #17
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Raymond Henson, SRES, GRI
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Thank you, Debe Maxwell, CRS.  I do not know how mom still gets it all done.  I am still working on Christmas Cards. Ha!

I would have liked your Lhasa Apso.  We all need a protector!

Dec 21, 2020 05:49 AM #18