This Christmas was a great one!
We got to spend time with both of our families, we were only missing my other brother & his family but we got to see them at Thanksgiving so that was a win!
This year I took my niece to the County building so we could adopt a couple families to shop for, for Christmas. I can only hope that it is a start to a new tradition, we had a blast shopping for the kiddos. When we went to "adopt" our family we saw conference rooms just filled with bags and bags of toys, racks hanging with coats and boxes full of boots for families and kids from the Angel Tree. It was an amazing sight to see and I was so happy that our community had come together to help those who were in need. We picked out outfits for four kids, including a pair of shoes. My niece had a 1 year old boy and a 6 year old girl to shop for, I had a 7 year old boy and a 9 year old girl. We had no idea what they needed for toys so we just stuck to the clothing. It was so close to Christmas so the store was packed and we stood in the cashiers line for almost 15 minutes! It was insane! I really hope my niece took a lot from that experience, kind acts of service & giving is really what Christmas is about. I wish we would have taken pictures but we were on a time limit and even during the 15 minutes in line I didn't even think about it. Ooops...
Christmas Eve day was spent running errands with my Mom, and taking flowers to my Grandma's grave. It's been a year since she's passed and I still find myself wanting to give her a call, or go visit her at home. It's been a hard change for all of us, but I know she's spending Christmas with her sweetheart in heaven, and she's probably had a great year! We sure miss them both and we know they are always watching over us.
We got to spend time with both of our families, we were only missing my other brother & his family but we got to see them at Thanksgiving so that was a win!
This year I took my niece to the County building so we could adopt a couple families to shop for, for Christmas. I can only hope that it is a start to a new tradition, we had a blast shopping for the kiddos. When we went to "adopt" our family we saw conference rooms just filled with bags and bags of toys, racks hanging with coats and boxes full of boots for families and kids from the Angel Tree. It was an amazing sight to see and I was so happy that our community had come together to help those who were in need. We picked out outfits for four kids, including a pair of shoes. My niece had a 1 year old boy and a 6 year old girl to shop for, I had a 7 year old boy and a 9 year old girl. We had no idea what they needed for toys so we just stuck to the clothing. It was so close to Christmas so the store was packed and we stood in the cashiers line for almost 15 minutes! It was insane! I really hope my niece took a lot from that experience, kind acts of service & giving is really what Christmas is about. I wish we would have taken pictures but we were on a time limit and even during the 15 minutes in line I didn't even think about it. Ooops...
Christmas Eve day was spent running errands with my Mom, and taking flowers to my Grandma's grave. It's been a year since she's passed and I still find myself wanting to give her a call, or go visit her at home. It's been a hard change for all of us, but I know she's spending Christmas with her sweetheart in heaven, and she's probably had a great year! We sure miss them both and we know they are always watching over us.
