Christmas was…survived. It has been a tough year, 2015. My little family of three is looking forward to ringing in 2016 with our new-as-of-last-year tradition of root beer floats and appetizers, and desperately praying for a better year. We did our traditional four gifts. I’m not going to lie: it was much harder this… Continue reading Christmas is (not) My Favorite
I have been especially susceptible to the magic of Christmas this year. I am sure it is due to my Little Man, but watching his glee over a simple piece of tissue paper at Friday night’s family gathering almost moved me to tears. Saturday he received a stuffed Larry the Cucumber and a stuffed Bob… Continue reading Merry Christmas
Last year I wrote a few posts about my desire to have a perfect Christmas (and the requisite honest follow up). Obviously, that did not come to fruition, because nothing in this life is perfect. I scaled back my expectations (for myself) this year. Interestingly, there have been a number of blogs out there discussing… Continue reading Christmas This Year
The Birth of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of… Continue reading Merry Christmas
I’m sure most of you think I’m going to write about Jesus or Little Man. I’m not 🙂 The best Christmas present I ever received (and I mean material gift, wise), was in fourth grade. Cabbage Patch Kids had just hit the scene. I remember news reports of grown women beating each other up over… Continue reading Best Christmas Gift Ever
Shutterfly is giving bloggers a chance to earn 50 free cards this holiday season! http://bit.ly/sfly2010 We haven’t done Christmas cards in a long time. When we first got married, we got dozens and dozens of Christmas cards from family and friends; most of them included newsletters and pictures of rapidly expanding families (and I don’t mean… Continue reading Christmas Cards (aka Free Shutterfly!)
The Birth of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of… Continue reading Merry Christmas
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