The Holidays

Celebrating the birth of the Savior has always been the highlight of my years. The spiritual part of the holiday has always been the best. The Nativities, the music about His birth, the family get togethers. The Church meetings and ward get togethers. The dinners and parties with neighbors and friends. The holidays are such a busy time. I just did not have or take the time to add anything to our blog. So many things to do and so many places to go, you all know the routine. We have had lots of snow and that means we definitely had a white Christmas. Our decorations were minimal and the tree was small. But the Spirit was strong and that is what it is all about, right? Thanksgiving and Christmas were filled with music, food, fun and family, just like they should be. Not a lot of extended family was here this year, but we sent our love their way. I cherish my childhood memories of the holidays that always come this time of year. Memories of homemade fudge, divinity and candles. A fake fireplace. Getting up before sunrise on Christmas morn. Lots of family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins joined my folks and my siblings for the day's activities, which always centered around food. My mother was able to be with us for Thanksgiving this year and that was a treat to have her along with some of the grandkids. We are the activities chairmen in our ward, so we were in charge of both the Christmas Social and the New Year's Day Breakfast. It is always a lot of work, but worth it.

I told you we had a white Christmas, this is our champion icicle. Grown on our front porch.

Yes that is our huge tree if you can tell it from our potted plant, it is the one on the left. It was just right for us this year.

Michael's snowman

Our Ward Christmas Social