And the caved in gingerbread house.
And the Christmas tree that was completely dead a full week before Christmas (I swear that is not how the tree decorations looked in the beginning. I'm no Martha, but I have a few more skills than that. But you see, when a tree doesn't suck up a drip of water-even if you beg and plead in your harshest tone for it to do so to keep from breaking the hearts of two little tree obsessed girls- and all of the bristles harden and all of the branches sag, all of your lights/ornaments/garland shift to whereeverthehecktheywant. It makes for some lovely pictures Christmas morning. I mean if that ain't the prettiest backdrop you ever did see...).
And the broken car (That is not supposed to be broken because it is a Toyota. And we bought a fancy Toyota so it wouldn't break. But broke it did).And the water that seeped under the driveway, froze, expanded and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to the concrete.
Yep, ignore all of that and we had a very merry Christmas. Really we did. Oddly in spite of all the bahumbugness, we were feeling the season of perpetual hope. Because how can you not when you see this:
Or this:
Or this:
Or this:
Especially this:
We have had a wonderful Christmas and have been repeatedly reminded how blessed we are. Here's hoping your Christmas was as jolly (although slightly less eventful) as ours.
7 comments:
Okay, suddenly in this post the girls look dramatically bigger. They have both lost a bunch of the baby-ness out of nowhere. Am I allowed to say that or does that make moms sad to hear?
that tree is sad. very, very sad.
love the kid-notes.
my comment sucks. i have nothing to say. i'm just makin' stuff up. it's been a long day...
i'll be better next time. i promise.
I think the little mishaps are important because they remind us of what really matters. You are blessed my friend!
What a great attitude to have!
Santa's cookies reminded me that I still want your cookie recipe. The one with toffe chunks in it? YU-UM-ME!
Glad you and yours had a fabulous Christmas! No matter what else was happening in the background.
Oh my gosh! the girls look so grown up! and happy.
Is it odd that the thing that stuck out the most to me was Cora's hand in that picture of her with the present? It looks EXACTLY like yours.
Here's hoping your New Years is a little less memorable!
p.s. Oh yes, I too want the toffee cookie recipe. I have been hearing marvelous tales of wonder about it.
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