It’s become a tradition for me to post this poem. Remembering our military families who a spending time away from loved ones this Christmas…. Merry Christmas, My Friend By James M. Schmidt, a Marine Lance Corporal stationed in Washington, D.C., in 1986 Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give and to see just who in this home did live As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.No stocking…
Tag: Christmas
This week a big package arrived on our front porch. Inside of it was Munchkin’s Christmas gift from her grandma and grandpa. Opening the big box revealed that her gift was a new drafting table (creation station). She was beyond excited as it’s something that she’s been wanting for quite some time. She immediately set to assembling it while we watched a Christmas movie. She was able to get it mostly assembled by herself with just a little help from Daddy. After getting it assembled, she needed to find a spot in her room, so she cleaned up and reorganized…
It’s funny how the same Christmas tree that has looked rather large in most of our homes looks a bit smaller at the cabin next to the large fireplace. I am so grateful that this year we have a floor instead of plywood, and that we have a fully insulated cabin. It’s much cozier this year. 😉 Some of the lights have gone out on this pre-lit Christmas tree, but we’re still using it as we like the tree. Munchkin, once again, did most of the decorating for the tree. Normally, we decorate on Thanksgiving day, but we were traveling…
As you already know, we drove up to Michigan for our Christmas vacation this year, so we could spend Christmas with our families for the first time in many years. A lot of planning went into making this all come together as there were a good number of people involved. For the first time in a very long time, all of D’s brothers and sisters were going to be in one location as well as grams (Munchkin’s great grandma on D’s side), so we knew that we needed to make this trip even if some obstacles were in the way.…
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…. Little did we know that our arrival in Michigan would trigger several days of snow. The snow started falling on Christmas Eve, and we enjoyed a good bit of snow while we were there. Munchkin had a blast playing in the snow with her cousins.