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December 30, 2010
Heather L
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Winter Fun in the Desert

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

What do you do when you really want snow, but you live in the desert where snow isn’t going to happen? You make your own snow with your friends. Then, you throw it at each other on the trampoline.  You proceed to slip and slide all over the place. Sending yourself and your friends into fits of screams and laughter. Pretty soon, you feel ice hit your feet as mommy had thrown an entire bucket of ice onto the trampoline. You have a great time playing with the snow and ice. You also begin to wonder why you didn’t try…

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December 28, 2010
Heather L
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Christmas Storybook Lane

Posted in Family, and Holidays

I very much enjoy looking at Christmas lights.  No matter where we are living, we try to find a very nice Christmas light display.  Last year, we missed out on that, but this year, we went to Storybook Lane.  A group of neighbors (not in our neighborhood) came together to put on a light show display featuring ‘Twas the Night before Christmas.  You could drive down the street and look at the display (very long, very slow process), or you could park and walk down the street to see all of the displays.  We decided to walk, and I’m glad…

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December 27, 2010
Heather L
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Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus

Posted in Christian Life

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the…

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Marine Twas the Night before Christmas
December 24, 2010
Heather L
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Marine Twas the Night before Christmas

Posted in Holidays, and Military Life

Tonight, I will fill our stockings and climb into a comfy bed with my Marine as he is safely home with me on this December eve. Sadly, there are many other families who will be without their deployed loved one. This evening, as we remember the birth of our Savior and the sacrifices that He made for us, we will also be remembering those troops who are far from home – looking up into the night sky – thinking of loved ones at home. We will pray for their safety. We will pray that the will know the comfort and…

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