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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…

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…

All Aboard the Polar Express

Posted in Family, and Holidays

Since CHRISTmas is right around the corner, we decided to watch the Polar Express as part of our family movie night.  I kept reading about how others had made a fun routine out of it by everyone wearing pjs, drinking hot chocolate, and eating cookies. I decided to make ours a little more special by creating tickets based upon the polar express party pack that I found online.  I printed out the tickets on some light blue paper.  I cut out the tickets and glued them to brown cardstock.  I then took a small hole punch and punched out a…

Cleaning and Christmas Music

Posted in Family, and Homemaking

Today, Munchkin and I focused on some deep cleaning/organizing around the house.  You know those stash and dash cleanings you do before company comes over?  Well, maybe you don’t do that, but around here, we do.  (We’re getting better though. **grin**)  Somehow, half that stuff seems to stay in the closet/storage area, and it keeps building up.  That’s what we were tackling today. One by one, we brought bags of things down to the living room and went through them.  We listened to music and watched movies while we worked.  We still have more work to do.  I’m not sure…