Merry Christmas! Blessings to all!

It is a week until Christmas! Are you as excited as I am?

This has been an amazing year for Jeff and I. Our son and his fiancé, Thu, blessed us with a granddaughter, Charli (named after my dad), on October 28^th. Our daughter, Whitney, and her husband Tri, blessed us with a granddaughter, Penelope, November 21^st.

We also have two other grandchildren, Grayce 8 and Grayhm 6. To say we have been blessed is an understatement.

Christmas is not about giving gifts. Some forget the reason for the season. The birth of our Savior is the reason for the season. I saw a saying somewhere and held it in my heart.

The birth of our savior is the reason for the season. But, his birth is also the reason for every day we are here to enjoy, living, laughing and loving others.

My husband, children and grandchildren mean the world to me. I thank the Lord every day for the life I have been given and those I am blessed to have in it.

I can’t wait to share Charli and Penelope’s first Christmas with them. There is something special about Christmas in the eyes of a child, even when they are so small and don’t know what Christmas is yet. They are God’s newest blessings and all of us know how very lucky we are to have them.

We are going to Justin’s house on Christmas Day. It will be so nice to have Christmas with our kids and their families. I plan on taking many pictures! Children grow so fast. It is nice to have pictures to reflect back on.

Making memories is so important. I have come to find them more and more precious as I have gotten older.

I also feel blessed that I am young enough (sort of) to enjoy our grandkids, playing with them, reading to them, anything their hearts desire. I have to admit, I get a little worn out, but it is a happy tired! I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Papa Jeff, Nana Nise and Charli.

Papa Jeff, Nana Nise and Penelope.