I just HAD to sneak on here and post.  Wow, what a month!  I can’t believe our 3-week break is almost over.  we are heading up north to our friends home for the weekend tonight.  I really, really, want to go, but I don’t.  The thought of "losing" the last couple of days of being able to get things done is hard.  Maybe that is why God is sending me away, so I will be forced to just relax.  Our friends have 8 kids still at home, and our kids all really enjoy them.  Their best friends live there!  They plan to go sledding and maybe ice skating all day on Saturday.  The older two girls adore my little boys, so I will probably hardly even see them.  They will be carried around, gotten food and water, etc.  We will probably play games, eat good food, and visit.  It will be relaxing…but, there is so much to be done here!!!   But isn’t there always?  I am trying to change my attitude this morning.  Is it showing?

We did so much this holiday!  It will take a month of postings just to write it all down!

1) Made church baskets
2) Went to Grandma’s
3) Delivered baskets
4) Went to Smiths
5) Did Special Santa program
6) Christmas Eve in Talkeetna
7) Christmas morning at home
8) Christmas dinner in Palmer
9) Started building boys’ bedrooms downstairs!!!
10) Celebrated Micah’s 3rd birthday!
11) New Years Eve watching movies/eating popcorn with the kids
12) New Years Day Family Christmas Party at our house – FUN!
13) Started building the boys’ ceilings/storage area

Wow.  That makes me tired just re-reading it.  I guess we got more done than I realized!  We were SO busy.  Next year we are talking about just going to Talkeetna for Christmas, and spending 2-4 days up at the cabin.  I think that would cut down on a lot of the hustle and bustle and driving and cooking and packing and unpacking etc.

And the Special Santa program was totally neat!  The kids and I will definitely be doing that again next year!  That will have to be a whole post!

I better get something done around here before we have to leave…like take a shower, pack, clean the kitchen, fold laundry, blah, blah, blah…..

Grace (with an attitude)