Haven't had much time to write this week, and still don't. But, Emily's love/hate post about Christmas reminded of what I do like this time of year...
1. I LOVE Christmas music. Nothing better than good Christmas music cranked up on the stereo. No Neil Diamond Christmas, though. As a fan, I thought I'd like his Christmas album, I was wrong. IT's wrong. He should stick to Hanukkah songs or something.
2. I LOVE getting everyone's Christmas pictures and letters. I'm terrible about sending them, however, only getting them out every 3rd year or so. Just when they think I've dropped off the face of the earth....I pop back up again. Downside is that when people don't hear from you, they don't write either. I really need to get better about that.
3. I LOVE playing Santa (not literally of course, that's Sam's job). I love picking out gifts and filling stockings, etc. I love that Meghan is still not quite sure if there's a Santa or not. She may just be humoring me, though.
4. I LOVE a good Christmas light display. Not too over the top, though. We haven't really done much with Christmas lights outside because you can't see our house until you're here, anyway, we're too far off the road. Sam made a giant Christmas star last year and put it on our chimney, and high winds trashed it the next day. We have lots of lights in the house, though. Two Christmas trees and a lighted garland on the stairs.
5. I LOVE a good Christmas party. We had a dessert potluck get-together for the First Presidency broadcast and we had a great time. We had a gingerbread house making party at a friends last weekend. A family in our ward has a blow-out open house every year for hundreds of people that is always fun. We have Christmas Eve morning brunch when we're home for our friends and to celebrate Meg's birthday. The Elsberry White Elephant party is always a blast, although I do need to bring an inhaler most years because I laugh so hard. My cousin Margot, who I only see at that party, is one of the funniest people on the planet.
6. I LOVE that I have a Christmas baby. And I love that she loves it. My brother has the same birthday and he's always hated it. I do hate that she's growing up so fast, though. She'll be 11 this year.
7. I LOVE going to the Mesa Temple to see the lights and the live nativity. I especially love it when we get to go the night they turn them on for the first time.
OK, I'll stop. In honor of Meg's birthday (and really because she's the only one we ever took videos of), I'll post another of her when she's about three. I love her as a 10 year old, but i really miss three-year-old Meghan.
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7 comments:
I'm sure I heard somewhere that in Heaven we will all be an ideal age. I think that age should be 3.
I agree.
I liked how she looked at her wrist to tell what time it was, a freckle past a hair, which is equivalent to 16 minutes.
It appears that I can't do math...the date on this video file is Feb 2001, she had just turned five.
So, in heaven the ideal age is somewhere between 3-ish and a little past five.
I love the age between 2 & 6. They say the funnest things and are so sweet. I hope Megan has a wonderful Birthday.
She is so cute! I especially loved that she checked her watched to see what time it was. too cute!
She sure seems to have alot of wisdom for a 3 year old. I think I will follow her advice. Mine hasnt been as lucky and Im an adult. Very cute video
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