Christmas

This Christmas we spent with my parents & my sister. We drove up late Tuesday night & got there about midnight (we didn't leave until 7 so....). It was such a great Christmas & Zhara nailed it when she looked out the window & said "This is the best Christmas EVER". The girls were so much fun this year. Zhara was so excited she could barely stand it. We were all sitting around looking at the lights & the girls were playing like they were Mary & Joseph so we took the opportunity to act out the birth of Christ. It probably was the best part of all. Zhara was Mary, David was Joseph, Grandpa was the donkey Mary rode on, Alyssa & I were Shepard's & Aunt Aimee was the narrator. It was so special to see the girls be so excited & to be able to teach them what Christmas is really about.
Aunt Aimee & the girls tracked Santa with Norad all day & then when he was headed toward the USA the girls & David made a plate of cookies & they headed off to bed. After they were sleep the adults got to watch "It's A Wonderful Life", my very favorite Christmas movie.
Christmas morning we woke up to.........brace yourself........snow!! Can you believe it? In Page AZ? It was such a nice touch & we had enough for the girls to play in & David & Zhara made a snowman, after we opened presents of course. Thanks to so many people who love our girls they had lots of presents to open. It was so fun this year to watch them. It has been an amazing Christmas & the funny thing is we were really low key this year due to being on a very strict budget, but I can honestly say that I am thankful that the Lord showed us this year that really, truly Christmas is not about the presents.