Merry Christmas!!!

It was a very merry Christmas this year. Not very calm and relaxing but a nice one overall. I was Blessed with having my children with me all day. I have spent many years convincing myself that spending Christmas eve with my children was enough and that it didn't bother me not having them with me, but being with them all day was a very nice change.



We had Christmas every two hours, that was hard, but we got to see many family and friends. It was so nice to take them to my ex in laws house with no cold shoulders and fighting, but the girls were sad to not see their dad and brother. They did get to spend the morning with their great grandparents, who have had a very hard year with their health, so every chance to make another we get to make another memory we take.



I sometimes forget that no matter how big the girls get they are still children. They are growing up so fast, and Brianna is talking about where she wants to go to school. I knew she was growing up, but it startled me to hear her talking about what college she wants to go to. To see them everyday and talk to them about all they want to do sometimes I forget that they are still kids and the magic of Christmas is still alive in their hearts. I did a poor job of providing the normal Christmas preparations for them, but the two or three days before we really got into the swing of things. It amazed me how the little traditions that I didn't even know were there effected them when I skipped them. So we had a Christmas Marathon of decorating (or stripping the tree and re decorating it) baking, making ornaments and Christmas presents, and to top it off three days of non stop Christmas movies.



So we might have started Christmas a late this year but it ended well. We have some pretty pictures and special memories to take, and that is what really counts.



Have a blessed Christmas holiday!