Saturday, December 29, 2007

Home For Christmas

Watching their planes take off never gets any easier...

We're so thankful and blessed that two of our four children, Alex and Brandon, were able to be home with us for Christmas this year. The both flew in last Saturday and left just a day apart this week. We had such a fun time, but the time flew by way too quickly. It seems so hard to get all 4 of our children here at the same time. Last year our son Adam and daughter Niki made it home, though they missed each other by one day due to the fact that they weren't able to match up their schedules. We love and miss you two so much and wish you could have been here too!

K's parents and sister and her husband also came and we had such a great time. We watched quite a few movies in the evening and several shows of the Survivor and Dog Whisperer. I now feel confident I can collect rain water should I be lost on a deserted island and tame all the wild animals with my "Ceasar- Shhsh!"

We celebrated Alex's birthday early (his birthday is in the first week of January) and presented him with a cake and candles to blow out and little did anyone know; they were "trick" candles. We laughed and laughed when the candles kept relighting themselves and Alex had to continually blow them out. He replied that his wish wasn't going to come true because he had to keep blowing them out. It caught us all off gaurd and I am so glad we have it all recorded on video. I had grabbed the candles while at the grocery store and did not pay attention to the fine print!

On a side note, the "project" was and is still underway but became "livable" last Sunday morning just in time for the boys arrival. Talk about timing it right down to the 11th hour! There is still so much to be done and is yet to be ready for entertaining.

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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Holiday Traditions


Jill at Follow Your Bliss is having a "Celebration of Traditons." This brings to mind many fun traditions in our family though none to me are as special and as dear as when I hear, "MOM, you ARE going to make our favorite Molasses Krinkle cookies aren't you?" "Oh, and MOM, dinner just wouldn't be the same without Grandma's seven layer salad, and you'd better make two bowls instead of one...I want one all to myself-extra bacon please!" Then you watch them MOUND their plates with salad. Whoever thought salad wasn't a favorite of kids hasn't tried this one!

It's dangerous to send a tin or bag of cookies home with a sibling or for someone else in the family, because it never gets there. The tin is empty by the time it arrives to it's destination!


These little doves have beeen on my parent's tree as long as I can remember until my mother passed them on to me. I love them as it reminds me of the dove sent by Noah (in Genesis 8:8-11) to find land. When the dove returned it had in its beak a freshly plucked olive leaf and Noah then knew the water had receded from the earth. For me it symbolizes a fresh new beginning of life, faith and love.

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