Christmastime in the Sandhills!

I just looked out and the snow is falling, large flakes, no wind, just Christmas Card Perfect. Oh Joy! It certainly puts me in the Christmas mood. Decorations are up, gifts are wrapped and under the tree, now the time for candy making and cookie baking. I just love this time of the year. Now to begin family time.

We must 'Remember the Reason for the Season', We sometimes get so caught up in the hustle and bustle that we neglect to take the time to rememember just what the season really is. The Celebration of the Birth of the Christ Child, our Saviour. We all need to stop and reflect on the Season's Reson.

Jewelry by Sonell has had another successful year and now that all our shows and Open Houses are over, we would loike to say Merry Christmas and thank you to all our friends and customers who have supported us this year. We would like to wish Everyone and Very Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you all next year.

Please take time to Thank all of our Military for keeping us safe another year and to thank all of their families for the sacrifices for us. May God Bless them all!

Just catching up, Summer is over, Fall is beginning.

The above picture is a of our Jewelry Booth at the WPRA Rodeo Finals in Lincoln, NE. I can't believe that Summer is over and I am so far behind in updating our blog. What a Summer is has been for Jewelry by Sonell. We had a such a great time at the Nebraska Cattlemen's Ball and then went right to the Miss Rodeo Nebraska Queen Style Show with our jewelry. The Nebraska High School Rodeo Finals followed that and we had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones as we did at all the Summer Activities. June is always such a busy month for us but we enjoy selling our jewelry and making new friends. July wasn't quite as busy for me but Ellen was off to Washington D.C. for her annual DAR Convention and I was busy working in my garden, keeping my yard up and cooking for the guys as they were putting up hay. We were so fortunate that our son, Bret, came and helped hay and he rodeoed here in Nebraska with Ellen's son, Jeff. August was just as busy and Ellen and I were trying to create jewelry for our Fall Shows and our In-Home Shows. We really enjoy our In-Home Shows as it is so personal and our hosts by now have become old friends. It is so hard to believe that we are starting our 7th year, how times flies and there are no words to describe how much we enjoy what we are doing. We just got home Sunday night from the WPRA Finals in Lincoln, where we again made new friends and got reaquainted with old ones. We met a special new friend there, Hi! Jaycee!

We are now getting ready for the 'Cowboy Christmas Show' held in North Platte Nebraska the first week-end in November and hosted by Shelli Arensdorf. She always has such a great show with something for everyone. Western gifts galore, jewelry, barnwood frames and furniture and just about anything you can think of to start off Christmas Shopping in the Western World.

Following that will be a busy time for Jewelry by Sonell as we will be doing local Cowboy Christmas Shows and In-Home Shows. Needless to say, we LOVE what we do and are always looking forward to the next one.

We would like to take this time to thank everyone who comes out to our shows, and would like to ask everyone out there to pray for our Armed Forces who are working so hard at keeping us and our country safe so that we can keep doing what we love. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Also like to thank everyone who takes the time to read our blog and I will try to not let it get so far behind.

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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We're off to the Cattlemen's Ball!

I am so far behind but I thought that I had better update our blog and let everyone know what is going on in our lives.

June is a busy month for 'Jewelry by Sonell' and we love being busy. Thought I would give all of you our schedule for the month and let you know that we would love to see old friends and meet new ones.

Our schedule for June is:

Saturday, June 5th we will be attending the Cattlemen's Ball in Kearney, NE. Once again we will have our Jewelry there. This Ball was started years ago to raise money for Cancer research and they have raised a lot of it. It will be held this year at Norris and Lori Marshall's just south of Kearney. Randy Travis will be in concert in the evening after a full day of great activities. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Everyone be sure and stop by and see us.

Tuesday, June 15th, we will be attending the Miss Rodeo Nebraska Style Show held in North Platte, Ne. We will also have a jewelry booth there.

June 24th, 25th and 26th, we will again have a jewelry booth at the Nebraska State High School Rodeo Finals that will again be held in Hastings Nebraska. The facilities there are great and we always look forward to seeing old friends. Rodeo has been a part of our lives for years and years and now the grandchildren of old friends are competing. Stop by our booth and say hello.

We would like to wish everyone a great and safe summer and hope to see you down the road.

It's Easter Time in the Sandhills.

As the Easter Season comes to the Sandhills, we all rejoice in this wonderful time of year.
Ellen and I are busy getting ready for the Spring Jewelry Shows along with getting our spring cleaning done. Isn't it a glorious time of the year as Spring descends on this beautiful country of ours. Robins have been on the scene for several days now and several have reported seeing Blue Birds. God has truly blessed all of us that have the opportunity to live here. Baby calves are seen everywhere and the green grass is peeping through. It has been a long Winter with more snow than usual and at times we thought Spring would never get here but here it is.
Ellen and I, again will be having our jewelry at the Nebraska Cattleman's Ball, which this year will be hosted by Norris and Lori Marshall who make their home south of Kearney, Nebraska. The ball is held every year to raise money for Cancer. We hope to see all of our friends there and to make many new ones. Randy Travis will be in concert that evening.
We also plan on having our jewelry at the Nebraska Rodeo Queen's Bruch which will again be held in North Platte, Nebraska the middle of June and after that we will be setting up at ehe Nebraska High School Rodeo Finals June24th though 26th at Hastings, Nebraska. We hope to see everyone there.
We have more events scheduled and will post those at a later time.

We wish everyone a very Happy Easter Season!

Happy Valentine's Day

Is it really Valentine's Day again already? It doesn't seem like a year since we started
our blog and etsy store and what an interesting year it has been. The places we have been and
the people that we have met have been just wonderful. So many new friends, we feel so
blessed and we truly are. So many more places and new people to meet in the coming year.
Ellen and I appreciate each and everyone that we have been fortunate to get to know and
would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY!

Happy New Year

Brrr, Brrr, Baby, it is cold outside, got down to -18 here last night and the night before was almost as cold. I thought we were supposed to be in global warming, it is colder this winter so far than it has been for sometime. I received this picture of this baby in my email and thought that

like all of us he has the winter blues.

I am a little behind in updating the blog. Hope everyone had as nice of a Christmas as we did.

Our son and family came from Colorado and we had a great time. We always have our family Christmas the Sunday before the actual holiday, that way everyone can have Christmas with their immediate family. It was at my house this year, I had 18 for dinner and I think a good time was had by all. I always feel sad when our son, Bret, his wife, D.D., and grandchildren, Mercedes and Jhett leave, they were here a few days and I know it is important for them to be home on this wonderful day.

Now, the New Year has rolled around again, and with it let's hope for Peace and Prosperity and that our leaders get this problem of the economy straightened out. Doubtful, you say, maybe!

Jewelry by Sonell had a good year and look forward to what 2010 will bring, I know we will be busy as we will have the most of the same dates and places as of last year, we have eliminated a couple though. We are now busy designing new items and excited about them.

We want to wish everyone A Happy New Year and urge everyone to pray for the safety of our military and also for our country so that peace as we know it can continue.