Merry Christmas!

I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! This is my favorite time of year. My favorite scripture from Matthew 25: 40 keeps running through my head “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me”. It is so fun to see the way people’s hearts are softened this time of year. Everyone is running around with their eyes open enough to see the miracles they can complete for those who are in need. It is so great that such a humble story of The Birth of Christ could change the hearts of man for one month of the year. I took my girls for our annual outing to “A Christmas Carol” on Saturday and they had such a great time. This year they seemed to get it even more. They thought that the man who played Scrooge was the best scrooge they had ever seen. He did such a great job. They came home wanting to find more people to help for Christmas. Wouldn’t it be great to see the magic of Christmas through the eyes of a child again?
The kids are also excited to be out of school for 2 weeks. They have a full week of fun all planned out. Today we are going bowling for my Nephew’s birthday. Tuesday the kids are going to the annual neighborhood Christmas Party for kids. They go over to the Richards house to bake cookies and make treats. Afterwards she takes them caroling on her big old fashioned sleigh. The kids decide who had the best decorated house, then they give that neighbor a prize. The kids look forward to the sleigh ride every year.
Wednesday we will go to Jairo’s Parents for their family Christmas Party. We get together, eat, visit, and play games then at 10:00pm we open presents. We use to have to wait until midnight but now that we have children, Grandpa lets us open presents while the kids are awake enough to enjoy them.
Christmas Morning we get up and enjoy Christmas with our own little family. We first open stockings and the gifts from Santa, then we share the gifts we got for each other. Afterwards we eat Strawberry Crepes for breakfast then go to my parents for the rest of the day. At mom and dad’s we eat a delicious meal, exchange gifts, play games, watch movies, nap, then eat again. This year we decided that for Christmas with my family we would go to Disneyland. We are planning to leave after the crowds die down on January 10th and stay for a week. We are Disney addicts and like to go every year but this will be the first year that we are all able to go together. We are looking forward to getting away and warmer weather.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. This is long entry because our blog is the closest thing we will get to family journal. I am so grateful for my precious family and great friends to share this special time of year. If you have a minute please share your favorite family Christmas tradition with us. Merry Christmas!