Christmas in Cary...

Christmas came early here. We leave for MI tomorrow.....my 30th birthday!! So, Santa came last night. We've been drilling into the kids that Christmas is not all about Santa......it's about Jesus. Santa is just a helper. :) They get to tell Santa one thing that they want....because God gave us one gift for Christmas and that was Jesus. And, what does God want from us for Christmas? Just us! To love him and honor him! This Christmas season has been really fun with them. What a big time. It gets more fun as the kids get older. They know what's going on now and really get into it. We've been finding Jesus in the things that come around at Christmas.....such as the Candy Cane and the Christmas tree. Its fun when they bring things to my attention that I might overlook!

I had to make a run to Toys R Us last night while the kids were at Awana.....what a zoo. But, I did find a Wedding Barbie.....actually they were out of the official wedding Barbie, but this Disney Enchanted Wedding doll was a good replacement. You will see that Lis and Brian (Tim's sister) were here for a night!! They are on their way to North Carolina from North Dakota..... It was a little shock to hang out with the 6 of us......a little louder and wilder than the two of them all the time! It was fun to have them here. :) You'll see the big Christmas present was the Total Gym.....hopefully by June or so Tim will be looking like Chuck Norris and I'll look like Christy Brinkley! We'll see. Its exciting.....no excuses anymore!