Just Because...It's the Season

I'm so Proud of myself! I've got Christmas all Finished besides one gift the whole week before Christmas! I have everything wrapped, and packed into a box so we can take it down to family for the holiday. It feels so good and now I get to just sit back and relax and enjoy the week before Christmas!
I love this time of year and the happiness it brings to people! I think that it's because it's the time when we truly think of others more than ourselves. I was driving home the other night and witnessed a family dropping gifts off on a doorstep and doorbell ditching them. I'm so overwhelmed by the love people show towards others this season. And you think of the economic struggles that people have had to deal with this year and yet they are still willing to GIVE. It simply amazes me how thoughtful people are. It makes me think of the book Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright.





It's about a family who saves their spare change and takes it to someone or a family on Christmas Eve. I just read the book this past November and loved it. I highly recommend it to those of you who have not read it.





I've Also been loving seeing the snow fall everyday for the past 4 days! Even though it hasn't been a down pour, there have at least been flurries and It just helps bring the Christmas spirit into my heart. I watch the neighborhood kids go out and play in the snow and neighbors shovel each others walks. It reminds me of my childhood sledding and having hot chocolate when I come inside and put my feet up by the fire. This is a picture of the first and only snowman Patrick and I have ever built! The next morning it looked like this...



I guess it was too tall for it's own good...and in the wrong place. We must have forgotten that snowmen melt in the SUN! Nonetheless we had lots of fun the night before building it together!
As for this time of year...this friday coming up is special because......our friends Matt and Kenzie are moving up to Logan and will be living in our neighborhood. In fact everyday I look out our front door/windows and I can see their backyard! I'm so excited for them to be here! I'm just hoping and praying that their move goes well with the weather the way it's been lately!

Anyway... After this whole long blog that i've written I wish you all a

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

and a Happy New Year!