Merry Christmas

Wow...is it already December 21st? Where did 2010 go? I rarely have time to update our blog these days. I'm hoping to do better in 2011! For now, we wish everyone a safe and joyful Christmas! As we reflect on the year and craziness of our life, we realize how blessed we are IN the craziness. Our God is amazing and powerful and he GAVE his only Son for us. What a reason to celebrate! Happy Birthday, Jesus! Thank you for loving us.



so blessed,
d

Now They Love Christmas

Last night, Jeff and I had dinner with our dear friends, Susan and Houston. The plan...dinner, Starbucks and then drive around and look at Christmas lights.

My first time to do Starbucks and lights was Christmas 2004 with other dear friends, Mike and Rachel and baby Rose, when Jeff was in Afghanistan. It is such a good way to visit with friends during the holidays and not feel rushed and to enjoy a festive part of the holiday season. So we decided to make it an annual part of our holidays.

I don't have pictures from last night (so mad because I forgot the camera) and I would love to have pictures to go along with these favorite comments from the night.

• "wow, wow, wow, Hous can you slow down because we need to talk about what is going on over here at this house"
• "Now, they really love Christmas" (this was reserved for houses that really went all out with their decorations and it wasn't always the best design, but a great effort)
• "This house owner said 'forget lights, it is all about the inflatables'" This house had a village of the inflatable holiday characters. I've never seen anything like it. So wish I had a picture.
• "I think the kids helped with that tree" Various colors of lights that looked like they just threw them on because they had other things to do.
• "The wife did the tree and the husband did the outside using random sets of lights he found in the basement"
• "Now this one...the husband said 'honey bud light sign or the neon green runner lights?' 'Neon green lights'" Yes, neon green lights around the window while the rest of the house had white and multi lights. Again...need a picture.

And there were houses that we loved. Some of our favorites were the snowflake lights hung in trees, the old world nativity scenes, the lights that wrapped the entire outline of the trees and the beautiful swags around doors. More importantly we loved hanging out with Susan and Houston!

Merry Christmas!

Debra