We have had a fun and very busy holiday season. We had the pleasure of heading up to visit my parents in central California (by Santa Cruz/Monterey) a couple weekends ago. It was a blast seeing everyone. We have visited up north 3 times since Thanksgiving! It seems as if every other week we were making that long six hour drive. It was fun to see Liam interact so much with all of his NorCal Aunties, Uncles and Grandparents. Our last trip was extended one day, which meant I had to call off of work, due to snow and gusty winds over the Grapevine. Oh darn....just had to stay and celebrate! What a sight we were coming home with a van packed full of luggage, gifts, and a 90lb lab in a giant kennel. It was like the circus was coming to town. We had Christmas morning at our home with all of Frank's gang. Liam must have been the luckiest kid in town... our living room looks like a toy store. I think it's time to go through his toys and thin out some of his more "baby" toys. You seriously run the risk of breaking an ankle when you chance walking across the family room. We spent Christmas afternoon lounging, watching movies (and snoozing a little) before I headed in to work. Oh, reality! Hard to believe that 2010 is just around the corner.
I have a ton of cute pictures that I would love to put up but sadly Frank's computer, which is just out of it's one year warranty, decided that it should dump it's brain while we were up at my mom's house. I'll admit that my first thought was "Noooooo....all our pictures!" not one thought about all the business info that was on that thing. So to all of you out there, just a friendly reminder to make back up disks of all your pictures. Luckily our photos were all stored on an external hard drive so they are safe. You can bet your bippy that I will be making those backup disks as soon as Frank's computer comes back from the doctor. My little junky computer doesn't have enough smarts to organize pics and get them uploaded to the blog. So I will have to include a makeup post with all our holiday festivities soon.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Hope your hearts were touched by the true beauty of the season, the joy of Christ's birth. That first step in the salvation of all man. Where would we all be without the blessings of our kind, loving Heavenly Father? Or without that ultimate sacrifice our Savior? I am so grateful for the blessings in my life, my sweet husband and precious boy. When life gets hard, as it often does, I'm thankful for a Heavenly Father that blessed me with a loving family to turn to. This season is always a great reminder of all the "gifts" we truly have. May your New Year's be lovely. May your families be healthy and joyful. And may you look forward with hope and excitment for another year.
The Heavenly Temple
3 years ago
