LOVE new jeans!
Bella and her new baby
Max "head over heels" over his new toys!
Bella put brownies and hot chocolate out for Santa in the living room coffee table on Christmas Eve...Christmas morning she checked and the hot chocolate was gone but so was the plate with the brownies! She came running to Troy and I excitedly saying, "Santa came and he ate the hot chocolate but he took our plate...but that's okay, huh Mom? Santa can have our plate."
(Paisley, Chelsey and Kasey's dog kept eating the crumbs so Kasey moved the plate into the kitchen until we were done and forgot to put it back! Oops...I think we are a little out of practice!)
Sydney LOVES new clothes!
Christmas is most definitely my favorite time of year. It is always so busy with shopping, parties, decorating, wrapping, etc. Sometimes I wonder what it is about Christmas that brings me so much happiness and peace. As I reflect over the past 46 years I can't help but have those warm feelings I get every year. My Dad loved Christmas. To him it was a time for music, t.v. movies, traditions like going to Temple Square and putting up decorations. We always made cookies and took them to neighbors and caroled to them but to my Dad, Christmas was about family. This feeling of happiness and peace for me always seems to overshadow the stress of the season.
My Dad is no longer with us but his legacy lives through all of his children. We all come together at this time of year in person if possible and in spirit if not, putting aside all our outside obligations and just enjoy being together as a family. I can't help but think Dad is smiling down on us with satisfaction knowing that our traditions may be different in many ways but the love of family will never change!
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