Only 365 more days......................

.................Until we do it all over again!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas.......

We sure did...

My favorite part of Christmas is the

ANTICIPATION.

The nativity, the lights, the songs, the children's laughter, the movies, the gifts, the parties.....

all add up to that one special day.

You can see it in the children's eyes....

that wonder and amazement of all that Christmas is to them

....the hope of things to come....the joy, the love.

Grab every moment and memory you can.

Children grow up way too fast and it is sad to see the magic wain....

the wonder of the mystery, and joy of the unknown, the hope of things to come and of secrets, and happiness and of laughter.

I know friends who always told their children the "truth" about Santa Clause from the time they were born, they were never allowed to

BELIEVE.

You also never saw that wonder and amazement in their eyes.

You could tell they wanted to believe, but were not allowed to.

They were afraid that their children would confuse the fantasy of Santa with story of the first Christmas and

Christ the Savior.

My children have never seemed to be confused about fantasy and reality.

But to each their own.

It is your call, but I am glad that my children are

BELIEVER'S .

We have a saying at our house:

"If you don't believe.....you don't receive"

Trust me on this one....we are all believers here.

I don't know where I was going with this, but I always have a little bit of a hard time when the BIG DAY is over.

The lights are still on, the tree is drying fast, the treats are almost gone, the snow is melting, the presents are no longer wrapped under the tree. The Christmas carols CD's are tucked away in a box again.....and now I have 365 days of

ANTICIPATION

to look forward to again.

This snowman was made by our neighbors the "Gambles" . I am not sure how they built it so big. But it sure made me happy and in the Christmas spirit. I took it off of KSL web site. It is melted now....but it will snow again and another will take it's place.....

I BELIEVE IT.......don't YOU???

MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THE NEXT 364 DAYS NOW.