Reflections.................

Contentment,,,,,,,,,,,,,Happiness,,,,,,,,,Love,,,,,,,Compassion,
I can not list all the experiences I felt over the holidays being with my girls..........I will take each and every one of my hours given to me to enjoy to the fullest and nothing means more to me than my most treasured gifts given to me in this world, and that is my beautiful girls. It seems like yesterday when they were 3, 5, & 7 and I prayed to the good Lord to please help me to raise them by myself and keep them safe. If I could go back I would because every bit of anxiety, fear and struggle was so worth it and it would give me more time with my girls........ It all went too fast. My prayer now is to ask of more time.......................

Wii``We

Kegan woke up and I told her of the visitor in the night and the unexplained gift and filled stockings by the fireplace!!!!!!!! We slowly crept into the room wondering what awaited..............questioning if she should wait for her two older sisters to awaken, should she run upstairs and yell at the top of her lungs as she used to in the younger days???????? The decisions,,,,,,,,,I mean they have gotten abit more possessive of their sleeping time and they are now bigger and MeANer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK,,,,,she opened one gift and ITS A DANCE 2 WII GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, CAN U BELIEVEIT? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?? I agree to go with her upstairs to show her sisters to help to protect her if they attack on awakening. Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they were kinda excited, let's just say, nothing to write home about...
Kegan and I came back down and she opened the rest of the present only to find a Wii!!! How exciting is this? We can figure out how to hook it up and play it tonite after opening our gift!!!!!!!!!!!
It was easy to do, we did it and how much fun!!!!! Santa definitely did a good job this christmas............. Kegan figured she played Wii for 7 hours straight on christmas eve. The tv room got to be a regular sweat box with the dance competition. "So U Can Dance" watch out!!!!!!!!!!

The Surprise.....................

Our Christmas 2010

Our christmas this year was wonderful.  Absent was the hidden guilt buried deep inside for not being able to afford gifts other than the persons name we drew.  Absent was all the pressure and hectic shopping to get just what we THOUGHT we needed to get to make the holiday bright.
We made a spiral ham for sandwiches and too many appetizers to mention! For some reason the girls and I always fix a spread large enough for possibly imaginary significant others?!!?!? (who knows, but what the heck it was all delicious) ooooooooooooooh, wait I have to go backwards,..................
Christmas Eve morning Santa visited our house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AnTiCipATion

They are predicting a winter storm coming tonite thru Tuesday w/a forecast of 2-4 inches of snow! YAHOO!!! I know it is crazy but it has been a wonderful winter so far compared w/our horrible one last yr w/the loss of power and the use of my car due to ice covered branches covering my whole yard and driveway! My opinion is we do live in Iowa and it has been cold and dreary so why not throw some more snowfall in there to mix it up abit!!!!  My dear friends Paula and Steve are letting me use their snow blower this year - which I mite say is abit intimidating as it is kinda a big guy! I now feel like "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wondering why in the hell I had never gone out and gotten one before? No one in Ia should be without especially with a 1000' driveway like mine!

The Holidays

Kegan left yesterday and so now officially our holidays are over! I am here sitting w/my christmas trees and decorations waiting patiently to be taken down and store away til the next year.............  I am hesitant to put them away - who can resist the beautiful reflections of light from the many colorful and white bulbs arranged throughout the house!??? I love my home and I love to decorate and I am so proud of my family.