MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well, our Christmas decorations are stored and the presents put away for the most part. We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. A group of my girlfriends got together this week to catch up. Someone brought up that each year it doesn’t really feel like Christmas. That magic we all remember as kids just isn’t there like it used to be. Its easy for me to get caught up in one of my favorite things: making & giving gifts. Each year Dave and I come to realize it’s not about the presents, parties and Christmas movies (I like those, don’t get me wrong). It’s about celebrating the humble birth of our savior Jesus Christ.

I got a little crazy making gifts this year. I always tend to think projects will take a lot less time than they actually do….Thanks to my loving husband helping me everything got done. My favorite two projects were taking a pallet and making it into a fun photo display (thanks Dave for making the silhouettes and painting all of the frames) and making rag dolls that look like our 4 nieces (which would have been bald without Dave helping me!)