Christmas

Its hard to believe its almost 2008--this year has flown by..We had a wonderful Christmas holiday..On Sunday we woke up and went to mom and dads, we saw what "santa" brought us and ate a wonderful dinner..I was so excited to get some new luggage--yeah! since Bert and I married 10 years ago we have never had matching luggage, it was just a collection of the both of ours..my new luggage is red and black and I LOVE IT----thanks mom and dad.....Annellise got an American girl doll that looks like her, she has little freckles and is so cute..I have to get ready now and change the dolls clothes in addition to the kids..ha....The kids got some new clothes too..Harper got a MP3 player and LOVES it...when we went to Raanne's house on Monday, Trevor downloaded lots of songs for him, he thinks he is soo cool..ha
On Monday we left early that morning and went to the Delta..we stopped by Inverness and saw grandaddy Bell and then we went to Skene to visit Grandma Mable and Billy---then on to Cleveland..We had a wonderful meal and then spent to afternoon opening presents..we had a great time and had fun visiting and getting love from my sweet niece Presley...she is so sweet and is the Best baby....
When we got home the kids dressed in their Christmas pajamas (that Caki made) and sat on our bed and read the Christmas story in the Bible..I tried really hard this year to teach them the true meaning of Christmas....I want them to know that Christmas is really about the birth of Jesus..Bert and I are so lucky that we are able to send our children to a Christian school...I worry so much about what goes on in the world and I hope that we are doing everything we can to teach them right from wrong....We spent a lot of family time together last week...each night we watched TV together and I loved it! One night we watched The Nativity Story...it is so good and another night we all watched The Wizard of Oz ( I cant believe the kids had never watched it) ANyway, on Christmas morning we woke up at 7:30 and the kids were ready to go see what Santa brought...Harper got a Nintindo DS and a XBox, he also got some new games, Pokemon stuff and a new bike---Annellise got a "stage", dress up clothes, microphone, guitar, and lots of art supplies....Mom, Dad, and Nannie got here about 9:30 and we had a great breakfast..( Alli and her family were in Louisiana) we just sat around and relaxed and "played"...mom and Annellise made some jewelry and Harper played a game all day....I dont know who it is really for Bert or Harper..ha.....
We had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year..I will miss our little "elf on the shelf" ( if youdont know the elf watches over you and makes sure you behave and leaves every night to talk to Santa, each morning the elf is in a different place in the house that you have to find) it is so much fun!