This one's for the girls

My Mom has the best friends in the world. They've all found each other after losing their husbands, and have been there for each other like no one else could. I have thanked God many times for each of them, as well as prayed for them. Mom told me this week that some of them read my blog (!) and wanted to see the picture of them looking up the chimney. So here is that picture, along with the ones that I haven't deleted yet from our Christmas card picture attempts: