Christmas

 It's amazing how we spend so much time decorating, shopping and planning for the most magical day of the year and then with the blink of an eye it's over.   The gifts have been opened, the messes have been cleared and we are back to normal, as if the holiday never happened.  

On Saturday we hung out with Rob's side of the family at his sister's house.  Christmas Eve was spent peacefully at home until we went to the evening candlelight service.  We were home in time to see Santa drive by on a firetruck.  Brooke's first time seeing him and she was freaking out. 

Then we set milk and cookies out and the kids went to bed while mom and dad got busy making the magic happen.

Christmas morning came all too fast and Brianna was up early waking us all up.  Matt remained in bed for awhile.   I guess the teenager isn't as impatient as the little boy had been.  We opened gifts and treasured our time together before my parents came over.   I opted out of making the traditional ham and baked a lasagna instead.  

As Christmas ends I'm feeling sad but I'm also very grateful.   Grateful to God for giving us the gift of eternal salvation through His son Jesus.  Grateful for being able to gift my children with things they wanted.  Grateful for family time.  Just grateful.   

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well.