We are smack dab in the middle of celebration season at our house! The 28th of December signifies that we are finished with Christmas and ready for Maddie's birthday tomorrow and Michael's birthday in a few days. All of the Christmas decorations are down, the furniture has been moved back (and rearranged - this IS me we are talking about) and Christmas gifts are being played with and enjoyed. We still have one more Christmas celebration to do when my older sister and her family arrive this afternoon. It will be another joyous time. Then on to the New Year. Plans to be made, dreams to be fulfilled, new habits to aquire and old ones to let go of, and best of all more memories to be made as a family. There are good times waiting for us just around the corner - we even have our first vacation already planned!!! Each year is unique, building upon the one before - uniting us, growing us and continuing to weave the tapestry that is our family. 2010 is going to be a great year!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Post - Christmas...almost
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!!
We celebrated our Christmas holiday a little earlier this year, and boy was it fun!!! Santa arrived on Christmas Eve, we opened all of our presents, we attended church, enjoyed yummy meals with Grandma and Poppop Oman, played with our new toys, AND relaxed!!! Some holidays, I have great sadness over whats missing when our entire family isn't together, but this year has been different. When our big girls left yesterday, I kissed them and knew that it was just going to be a "little minute" until we saw them again. It was ok. I pray for them while they are away from us, which keeps them close to my heart; this afternoon they will come back home, and we will celebrate Christmas together with dinner at my mom's house. It is a tradition in the Oman family to have breakfast together on Christmas Eve; since we were opening gifts yesterday in the morning, we instead, had lunch with Grandma and Poppop. We went to IHOP and enjoyed a delicious lunch together.
