I cannot believe that Christmas is over and in just a few days it will be 2009. I am looking forward to this year being over and 2009 being a much better year. I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Ours was very nice except that Bret had the horrible head cold that has been floating around Cinci the past few weeks. He started feeling bad the day before Christmas Eve and really just started feeling better today.
On Christmas Eve our family went out to dinner and then came home and tried to get the kids to bed early....Jillian was a complete SPAZ! She was so excited about Christmas and just could not settle down. Tyler didn't think there was any reason for him to go to bed early and kept reminding me that this is his "winter break"...so Bret was the first to go to sleep....after putting out cookies, writing a letter to Santa and putting reindeer food out in the yard Jillian finally wound down and fell asleep. I had to then get Bret back up to "help me get ready for Santa to arrive". Once things settled down and the house was quiet I had a yummy cup of hot chocolate and just laid on the couch by the Christmas Tree. It was so peaceful and relaxing. I took the time to look at all of our special ornaments from activities that the kids have participated in or vacations that we have taken. The holidays can be so hectic it was nice just to slow down for a few minutes and reflect on the past year and think of all the blessings in my life. I also said some special prayers for those people in our lives that are stuggling right now.
The kids had a blast on Christmas morning opening their gifts. Jillians big gift was a karaoke machine and Tyler's was an I-pod. They both seemed very happy with everything. After that we packed up and headed to my Mom and Dad's. It was nice to spend the evening with them and Kay and Dean and the kids came out to visit. The next morning Kay and I headed out for some power shopping and then later that day we all got together at Vicki's for a pizza party. It was nice for us all to be together..we came home the next morning. We had planned to stay longer that day but Bret was really feeling lousy and I was afraid that he was spreading all those germs to everyone else.
Today we put all the indoor decorations away and then went over to celebrate Amanda's 40th birthday!! Tomorrow it's back to work for Bret and I and then another 4 day weekend coming up! Yippee!!
2 comments:
Jan, I am so glad you were able to enjoy Christmas this year. This past year has been a tough journey but you have finally arrived at the end of the "this too shall pass" phase. I know from experience it is a wonderful place to be. I pray you and your family will have a blessed New Year.
Dorothy
Happy New Year! Glad everything is going so well. 2009 will definitely be your year! Sorry we missed the dance night, but pleased you had fun. Here's to a wonderful new year filled with only good things for you!
Karen
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