Christmas is coming soon, and there is a lot of excitement in the air around our house. This is always a busy, fun, crazy time of year with parties, gifts to buy, talk of Santa, family get togethers etc...
Last year at this time our life felt totally overwhelming and out of control! We had decided to move into a new house, so we were super busy with packing, closing on our new home, redoing and painting our entire new house, moving, finding new tenants to live in our old house. This was all done in secret so the kids wouldn't know, until we told them on Christmas morning. Not to mention the usual craziness of Christmas (parties, school performances, decorating, gifts to buy etc..) AND I was 8 months pregnant! I was completely worn out and exhausted with huge swollen legs by the end of each day. Needless to say we survived last December and the thrill of surprsing our kids on Christmas morning was magical, and so fantastic! As we remember last year, we have great memories but we were very distracted and not able to really enjoy the magical holiday season.
So we are super excited about this first Christmas in our new home! I want to forget about "to do" lists, and things to get done and just enjoy the moments. We have 4 believers in our home and it's such a magical time, I want to soak up these memories!!
That is my goal for the month, to live in the moment, and enjoy every minute the kids excitement and anticipation. We have been reading Christmas stories by the Christmas tree at night, talking of Santa and his elves, watching holiday movies, drinking cocoa, and dreaming of a white Christmas. It feels good to relax and I hope to remember this time with my family forever!
We love celebrating the birth of our Savior and want to him in our hearts and minds as we go throughout the month.
We decorated our house and put up our Christmas tree last weekend. Unfortunately I didn't take any pics. of the decorating. Here are a few pics of our festivities so far!
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| The kids actually cooperated for a picture before church! This mouse is Danny's family Christmas mouse. She has a stash of hershey kisses in her apron, and she's Isaac's new best friend. |
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| We are so excited for Christmas! |
3 comments:
I love the mantle over the fireplace, i wish out house had one! see you this weekend for the party!!!!!!
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I love this time of year! Your kids seems to be at such great ages to really be able to enjoy.
Have a happy holidays!
Great thoughts. Thanks for sharing them. I will try to apply that to my life this year too. :)
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