Christmas has come and gone in this house without me blogging about a thing. Where has all of the time gone. We are ready for life to slow down a little and get back to normal.
We have wonderful families that we were able to spend the holidays with and we are very thankful for them. We have so much to be grateful for: family being at the top of the list. We love them dearly. And once again my family was spoiled by them. Thanks guys!
This year, Clint and I wanted to teach our kids the importance of service for others especially at this time of year. We told them that Santa needed help this year and that he was asking us to help. We, along with Clint's mom, sister and brother and their families, decided to do Sub-for-Santa for a family in need. I went to Tanner's school to talk to the Principal and see if she knew of anyone that needed some help this year. She said she usually doesn't get names but that just that morning she had a mom call in asking for help for her two daughters. What a blessing I walked into. I called and talked to this mom and could not make it through the conversation without sobbing. She said that their family is usually the one helping others, but this year they were barely surviving. When I hung up the phone, I couldn't help but think "This could be us". Which I then just prayed thanking Heavenly Father for everything that we have and that we are able to help this family out this year.
All of us got together for Family Home Evening on the Sunday before Christmas and wrapped all of the gifts. Clint and I ended up packing up the kids in the car on Christmas Eve and leaving gifts on this family's doorstep. I hope the little that we were able to do for this family helped make their holidays good. I know this sure helped ours.
Here are our silly boys on Christmas morning:
We have wonderful families that we were able to spend the holidays with and we are very thankful for them. We have so much to be grateful for: family being at the top of the list. We love them dearly. And once again my family was spoiled by them. Thanks guys!
This year, Clint and I wanted to teach our kids the importance of service for others especially at this time of year. We told them that Santa needed help this year and that he was asking us to help. We, along with Clint's mom, sister and brother and their families, decided to do Sub-for-Santa for a family in need. I went to Tanner's school to talk to the Principal and see if she knew of anyone that needed some help this year. She said she usually doesn't get names but that just that morning she had a mom call in asking for help for her two daughters. What a blessing I walked into. I called and talked to this mom and could not make it through the conversation without sobbing. She said that their family is usually the one helping others, but this year they were barely surviving. When I hung up the phone, I couldn't help but think "This could be us". Which I then just prayed thanking Heavenly Father for everything that we have and that we are able to help this family out this year.
All of us got together for Family Home Evening on the Sunday before Christmas and wrapped all of the gifts. Clint and I ended up packing up the kids in the car on Christmas Eve and leaving gifts on this family's doorstep. I hope the little that we were able to do for this family helped make their holidays good. I know this sure helped ours.
Here are our silly boys on Christmas morning:
Tanner (aka Army Dude)
Troy Da Boy
Carter (aka Bob the Builder)
