fake Christmas Eve 2017

We are back in the land where you can throw toilet paper down any old toilet.  Ha!  That is a blessing I hadn’t really thought much about until spending two weeks in Ecuador.  There is nothing like a great adventure to help you appreciate the little things at home that much more.  I felt kind…

Christmas Eve 2016

I just sent my children off, one by one, back to school. All of our eyes were exceptionally blurry this morning as we realized once again how dark 6:25 looks, and it all started up again: Scriptures, breakfast, hair manipulation, mood manipulation too. And now the house is quiet.  Not a peep except for the…

Christmas Eve 2015

I love Christmas Day. But Christmas Eve is even better in my opinion. It’s chock-full of LOVE. LOVE for the Savior with the Nativity helping us remember the true meaning of Christmas, and LOVE for each other because that’s when our kids give each other their gifts. Favorite part of Christmas. So this year (as…

Christmas Eve 2014

I can’t get my Christmas Concert videos to work that I wanted to share to wrap up China so I’m waiting for next week.   For now I want to remember CHRISTMAS and how it filled our hearts like never before in the wake of being in a generally non-Christian nation for so long…and just…

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Christmas Eve

We have some friends who just moved to the desert from the heart of New York City. They came to visit last month and we sat around and picked their brains about life in the big city with their three kids.  There is so much of me that craves the big-city life. There is so…

Christmas Eve

We usually spend a chunk of time at Dave’s parents’ house on Christmas Eve. We love getting a chance to spend with the cousins in the midst of all the hoopla and excitement. This year we did our traditional cousin white-elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve.The kids love that part and I must say all…

Christmas Eve (Part 2)

Back at our house:The kids give their gifts to each other on Christmas Eve. And I know I sound like a broken record when I say this, but it’s my favorite part of Christmas. But if you look at these pictures you’ll see why.The air turns thick and soft with their love for each other.And…

Christmas Eve (Part 1)

…The part where we had dinner at Nana & Papa’s house.With a whole slew of cousins…(Six of Dave’s eight siblings were in town.)(Lucy decided which family she’d like to be a part of and stuck with them.) Dave’s five beautiful sisters:The only picture I got of the wonderful masters of ceremonies: