Merry Christmas!

We had a fabulous christmas this year, and hope that all our friends and family did as well. We spent christmas eve with my family, and had a nice quiet wonderful evening together. We enjoyed wonderful food, and exchanged gifts. It was so much fun this year because both kids were very interested in everything that was going on. Gracie was so excited over every present, even socks! I have worked really hard with my children to try to get them to understand how lucky they are to have what they do, and be grateful for what they receive. I was very proud of them, when the thank yous came easily with very little prompting. Then Christmas morning we were able to spend a few precious hours alone as a family before we had to go to Jed's familys celebration. We really enjoy this time together, just the four of us. I have so much love for our little family, and I cherish our time together,knowing that time passes so quickly. The smiles and giggles are so fun to watch. We got dressed and headed off to Jed's family, and boy is their xmas celebrating so much different than my family's. That is one of the fun parts of living so close to our families. We get to have our children experiance both families and their different traditions. The energy level at Jed's parents is really high and the noise level even higher. There are lots of little ones running around, keeping us all on our toes. Finally on christmas night we packed up and drove over to Heidi's house and had dinner with her and her family. It was a wonderful day and I always feel so blessed to have all of these wonderful people that love and care for our family.