Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all and Happy Birthday to Jesus! Before presents, we sang Happy Birthday to Him. Without Him where would we be?

We are so thankful for our white Christmas. It rarely snows much these days but especially not on Christmas. So exciting to have snow on the ground when we woke. The girls loved their presents. Chloe's big present was a sewing machine. She loves to do crafts, design, etc so we thought she would enjoy a sewing machine. She is really excited to use it. Mike actually just got it all set up. I didn't have the patience for it tonight. Lauren started running fever so she camped out in my lap on the couch while they worked on the sewing machine. Lauren's favorite present is her Baby Alive. She couldn't get enough of the bottle, feeding, changing today. Anything her baby said, she did. She is a little mommy now! We might should have just got Chloe one of those too. She has had as much with it as Lauren. :) Mike's big gift was a fire pit for the back yard. He mentioned wanting one when he came back from CA in Nov. We are looking forward to roasting marsh mellows and some nights sitting in the backyard while the girls are sleeping and have some good talks. We seem to talk most once the girls are all settled in bed. Mike and the girls bought me some much needed clothes and shoes.

For lunch we headed to Mom & Dad's. (We are getting together with Mike's family next week as his sister Gwen and her hubby are in MO with his family.) While at Mom's, Chloe & I decided to try some sledding on their big hill in the field (Mike & Lauren stayed in as she had fever). Me being smart (it is freezing today) drove down in the field just above the hill so we would be as warm as possible. Chloe & I had a good time sledding but froze out after about 10-20 mins. As we started back to house we had a little trouble - snowpacked tires. Mike & Dad came and pushed us up to the house.

How quickly Christmas is over..........sweet memories though for days to come.