Okay, so this is a totally posed picture because every time I tried to take a spontaneous one of them decorating the tree, they would step in front of each other or move so quickly they were a blur or out of the picture! We decorated our smaller front room tree a different night and so fast we didn't even get a picture of doing it.
The nativities my mom made... I always think of her when I get them out, someday I hope to have all the pieces.
Our sad Christmas card holder...one of our favorite things, to see how our friends who we have moved away from continue to grow and find joy. We realized after living 4 years in our house in Providence, UT, we have been in different house for the past 4 years, so some of our friends may have sent cards only to have them returned. We hope by next Christmas we are settled here in our own home to stay for a very, long time. We kept waiting to send out new address cards until it was more permanent. Thanks to all of you who continue to erase or cross out our old addresses and find out our new one! We love you and will never forget you!
Once this is all done, it really feels like Christmas at our house. I love Christmas! For me it truly is the best time of the year. There is more tangible love around. Perfect strangers are happy to share their lives with each other whether it is singing at a nursing home or even in line at the grocery store. Everyone you meet is just a little more kind or patient or aware. We recognize our Savior's birth, his life and example, his love and perfection and have hope that we can emulate that in our own life. It is good news and fills us with gladness and a recommitment to do the best we can! How many of us don't need or want that in our lives? I do. I need it. Fitting that a week later, we ring in a new year, fresh and clean, ready to leave our mark or a good impression, just like a new snowfall that has yet to be walked in or disturbed in any way.
I love your house! It is beautiful and even more so decorated for Christmas!
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