I feel beyond blessed this year, and at Christmas time to boot! The holidays have seemed really hard these past few years, mainly because my dad hasn't been here to share them with me and our family. This year, things seemed to happen all on good notes. My dad's birthday was December 23rd. Instead of laying around crying or feeling sorry for myself, I put all of my efforts into doing something he would surely approved of. Helping my sister move into her new apartment! : ) He was all around us, I am sure, otherwise she and I would never have been able to life that couch up to the second floor by ourselves! Today is Christmas Eve, almost Christmas Day, and I have to say again how blessed I feel. We started the day at my grandparent's house where I got entirely too many things! Ryan had a blast and even "helped" me open some of my gifts. : ) Mark and I left a little early and went over to his grannies, where we had (another) dinner and celebrated with good family and fun. Tonight we came home where Mom and Holly, Ryan and Wayne were waiting. We put together all of Santa's gifts, baked cookies, watched Christmas Vacation and had some wine. All in all, it's been a pretty great Christmas and we are just getting started!
Mark and I exchanged gifts on the 23rd, so that we could do it together, just us. Having Santa come here is easier for Holly and Wayne since they are divorced- it puts them both on common ground, and we have plenty of room and love the company. Mark got the Bose headphones he has been coveting and lots of clothes. I got a new camera! I am so excited, and honestly I couldn't have been more surprised. Pictures from that to come later. I was so happy I cried, and I haven't done that over a gift since we got engaged, and before that since my mom bought me a pair of really expensive Doc Martens when I was a freshman in high school. (Which I still have, by the way!) Anyway, yeah, I cried like a baby. I used it today and the pictures are phenomenal. I can't wait to post!
Anyway, as I end this post, it's officially Christmas. God has blessed me in so many ways this year. I won't say by any stretch of the imagination that this year has been easy, but my blessings are high in number, and in fact, too many to even count. I am so thankful for my family and friends. Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light......
with love, as always....
Heather
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