Time Travel Tuesday

I don't have my "TTT" button today as I am on vacation, and do not have access to my pictures, but I must participate in my favorite memes.

Today's Travel is about this past Christmas. If you look down a few posts you will see some pictures of our family from Christmas in front of our tree, and I will post a few more when I get back from vacation.

My family spent Christmas with my hubby's parents, and his sister's family, but before they came over we had our own Christmas celebration which included a reading of the Christmas story from the Bible, and the kids singing the "Happy Birthday Song" to Jesus. I will back up just a little to say that one of my favorite memories was hearing my boys get up and run to the tree to see if Santa filled their stockings. I heard these sweet voices exclaim that their stockings were filled, and how joy filled their hearts. For a few brief moments they were all so tender and sweet with each other as they waited patiently for their mom and dad to get out of bed. It is so neat to witness one of the joys of being a child... the childlike belief that a jolly little man can make it to every one's house in one evening :) Our (hubby too) goal as parents is to keep the Santa thing in perspective, and to teach our children about the real reason we celebrate Christmas... So far we are doing pretty well...

Later my hub's parents and sister's family arrived and we had dinner. We had Steaks, and not the typical Turkey or Ham (I love Steak!!!). One thing I enjoyed so much was after dinner the adults sat around the table and played a game. I copied one line lyrics from Christmas music and had everyone try to guess what the name of the song was...it was so much fun to watch my family sing the lyrics in order to help them guess the title of the song. The next game we played had everyone sharing some of their favorite Christmas memories in a short time frame, without saying "um, ah, or like"... It is harder than you think...

The best part of my Christmas was what I learned spiritually (look down at my last Thankful Thursday post to see what I am talking about)...Jesus is truly becoming the reason for the season in my heart, and that is the best present I could ever receive!!!

Blessings while I am in Florida enjoying the sweet fellowship of my family :)