christmas

I talked about Christmas back HERE, but I didn’t expand to the “big kids” Christmases and also some of my favorite gifts. And that it important to document as well! It’s so interesting how we can go from this picture on the left to this picture on the right in…

We had two kids home for Christmas. Our two older kids were tucked safely with their in-laws, and Grace is tucked safely as a missionary in Texas. It was strange to have such a small group, but also a little bit awesome. Oh, we missed our other kids with all…

Merry Christmas! So strange that only two of all those people will be with me and Dave today, but oh, how happy we are to soak these two youngest ones in, and happy that the older ones are all tucked in really good places for Christmas as well. Sending out…

As I sat in church a week or so ago my heart was churning. The world was spinning around me as I thought of all my “to dos.” So many “fires” to put out that day. With Relief Society. With Christmas prep. With my family needing me to “be there,”…

I posted something else here an hour or so ago…but just saw this video which I think it much more important for this time of year. So I’m postponing that other post until after Christmas. Because for now, if anyone has time to sit and look at this blog in…

This week as my heart started racing in anticipation of Christmas coming up so quickly, my brother reminded me of some words in the Christmas carol, “Oh Holy Night.” (Oh how I love him…and all my brothers!) These particular words resonated with me so much that I got all teary:…

I love beautiful depictions of different interpretations of Christ’s birth. I love things that help me think about the details. They help be go beyond “a baby was born in Bethlehem,” to how it would have been for Mary and Joseph to travel during that time? How must that have…

Gotta eek this in before it morphs into MARCH. Time flies when you’re having fun. And also when you’re stressed out. Ha! Let’s go back to December for a minute though. Because it was a good one. We reluctantly pulled down all our Thanksgiving stuff: And turned ourselves into Christmas…

It is overwhelming to be a mother at Christmas-time. So much to gather and prepare and so many thoughts to organize in my brain. Every year it makes me appreciate my mother exponentially more. How did she calmly and quietly do so much, never asking for praise or acknowledgement? I…

To me, there is so much beauty in religion: people striving to connect with God. I think it is interesting that once we find a religion that we cherish and love, we are more apt to close out the others. I think mostly we just get comfortable. But how sad…