Merry Christmas!

Another Christmas has come and gone! Time just seems to go faster and faster!

Jennifer was home from Arizona for a quick week! Difficult to fit wedding planning and dress shopping in but we did! Her fiance arrived Saturday. Rob and his girlfriend came over Saturday for the annual tree hunt. We fooled then by driving around the block then coming home and chopping a tree in our yard. The joke was on us though when the 1/4 inch of ice on the tree started melting in the living room. Each got a new home ornament this year as both have purchased homes. Rob and Beth came over again Christmas eve for an evening of cards, games, food and laughter. I gave the four of them matching pajamas and they willingly:) put them on and let me take photos! We ended up opening presents at almost midnight. We saved the stocking for the morning. This worked out so well since Jen and Shawn had to fly out at 3 pm which meant heading to the airport by 12:30 pm. Now the house is quiet. There are beds to be made and sheets and towels to be washed. The tree seems lonely in the living room.

I absolutely treasure these times with my kids and their significant others!

  Now it is Christmas night. The house is quiet, there are messes and laundry and no one here but us and the dog. So I wrote this for my kids......

Twas the evening of Christmas

And all through the house

Messes are here, there and everywhere

But it is as quiet as a mouse.

To their homes they have gone

Cars and suitcases filled with presents.

Time went by oh so quickly

But I must be content

For both of my children were here

And traditions one after another

Precious photos and  memories to remind us

Of a family love like no other.