The Week Before Chirstmas!

Well needless to say with all that has happened in the last month I am feeling pretty good about how Christmas will go this year. Our Christmas day will be very different but still focused on the best present ever given Jesus!

I think I have all the presents bought...wrapped no but at least in the house ready to be wrapped. I have dozens and dozens of cookies made thanks to the help of my dear friend Kathryn. We baked over 50 dozen cookies this year. We added some of these goodies to the 17 Christmas Baskets at our church, have given some to friends to celebrate Christmas, and we will take some to the Veteran's Hospital on Christmas day to spread some joy to those there. So hopefully that means not to many will end up in my stomach.

We will have a full table but will be missing one very important person this year, my mom. Christmas was her holiday all the decorating, gift wrapping and gift giving. You could always count on my mom to have the prettiest best wrapped gifts and she would spend hours upon hours getting ready. Most of all she loved giving the gifts you really wanted....not the ones she thought you may like. You got to make a list every year and put your most wanted gifts at the top...you might only get a few gifts (depending on the budget) but it was exactly what you asked for with no exceptions! This was one of the ways my mom brightened my life!

Well off to wrap some of those gifts, and put lights on the Christmas tree! We wish you all a blessed Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year!

Ok so it's been awhile!

I sort of forgot about having this blog until a friend asked me to follow hers, so here is a quick catch up on us. We still live in State College PA, Bill still works for the University as a APSO with the University Police, the kids go like this Dustin 16 (will be a licensed driver by the end of the month), Sarah is almost 14 (in January), Julia is 8 and Ryan is 8 too (LOL), I am still at an at home mom (although I had to leave the best job ever (PSU ARMY ROTC) last year in February and had the privilege of taking care of my mom who just recently lost her battle with cancer). My mom lived here with us for the last six years and we were able to care for right up to her passing.

Well there you go, a catch up in words for now. Enjoy the Christmas season!