Dorie's Canyon Creek Blog

For the last 18 years we’ve enjoyed a tradition with our grand-kids at Christmas of hiding the Christmas pickle ornament somewhere on our tree after all the presents have been opened (and the kids are safely ensconced in another room – no peeking). I always thought it was a German tradition and over the last […]

Not every video produced captures the spirit of Christmas. This year I vote for the Coke video. They outdid themselves and I really hope you take time to view this video in its entirety. “Christmas miracles happen to those who believe.” Karen Kingsbury “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” […]

It’s Christmas Eve 2017 and we have been to candlelight service at church with son and family (Handsome Hudson and Beautiful Beckett) and back to their house for a light dinner of seafood gumbo. It’s been a good day, full of promise for tomorrow. I have tables set, apple pie and oatmeal raisin cookies baked, glasses ready for […]

At this time of year everyone is experiencing packages delivered to the wrong address or the infamous Porch Pirates who are out in full force trying to make a score! An epidemic of break-ins to mail cluster boxes around subdivisions has many so frustrated. On our Canyon Creek NextDoor site I read at least 5 […]

Roxanne Ford, Senior VP of Business Development with Austin Title Company, made it her mission in 2017 to support our Central Texas Food Bank all through the year by generating a large group of volunteers each month. Austin Title Company is an Austin PT50 sponsor and this idea fit perfectly with their passion for giving […]

I’m a day late but yesterday was New Year’s Day and one day I gladly took off to get things back to normal! Christmas decorations inside and out are down in between watching football! A day to reflect and realize it was the first day of a new year! The holiday is over and it’s the […]

Christmas is over and now we are heading into the New Years Eve and New Years Day celebrations! How about a change of pace when it comes to dining options? No need to travel to New Orleans for delicious Cajun food – we have the real deal right here in Austin, Texas. I think I’ve […]

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”     Thomas Monson It’s not what’s under the tree that matters. It is who is gathered around it.” […]