Merry Christmas

We are bundling up and preparing for a white Christmas.   I'm not a fan of snow and even less so considering it might interfere with the rest of my holiday plans.   Even though we might face a little delay I am so happy to have spent the day with my wonderful hubby and two kiddos.   We enjoyed Communion last night followed by the Christmas Eve meal with the grandparents.  The tradition at our house is for the children to sleep in their sleeping bags in our bedroom.  The kids look forward to this once a year camp-in  and I hope they will continue this for many years.  Before bed time it is also tradition for me to read the Christmas story to them.   I'm so glad my kiddos know the true reason for the Season and request this reading.  These memories are precious.

My hubby and I have made a tremendous effort not to overdue it on the gifts for the kiddos.  I see and hear about so many getting consumed in the gift giving while forgetting the true reason for the Season.  We have stressed to the children how blessed we are as a family to have each other as well as well as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and lots of close friends.  This season we have been blessed as so many friends and family attended performances, invited us to celebrations, made seeing the Christmas lights extra special and even one that made the "Santa call".    Today I enjoyed watching and listening to the children as they played with the few gifts they received.  It was also a joy to hear the sounds of children playing in our backyard as they joined with the neighbors to enjoy each others' gifts.  My hubby even tried to out shoot two ten year old boys in a game of hoops and now feels the pain of his efforts.   I hope your day was a restful and relaxing.  We looking forward to visiting with more family tomorrow as we continue to celebration the Season.