Holly Jolly Holiday

As this year is now coming to a close it is time to rush around doing all the fun things you want to do before 2013 is over. My list just happened to be pretty long.

• ·         Get a Christmas tree
• ·         Decorate the Christmas tree
• ·         Go black Friday shopping for my first time
• ·         Shop til I drop
• ·         Make gingerbread houses
• ·         Build a snowman
• ·         Go visiting teaching
• ·         Make neighbor gifts
• ·         Make Christmas candy
• ·         Email my missionaries
• ·         Get ready to send off a missionary
• ·         Watch plenty of Christmas movies
• ·         Go ice skating
• ·         Go see the elk at hardware ranch
• ·         Go to the lights at temple square
• ·         Drive around and look at the lights
• ·         Visit my friends and family
• ·         Go cross country skiing
• ·         Go snow shoeing
• ·         Etc…….

The list could go on and on. I have completed a few things off the list and some will have to be done in the new year.  I am so loving this holiday season. It is my first Christmas as a married woman and it has been so so fun to make our own traditions and do fun things together. We have also had some wonderful friends to do these winter activities with which makes it all the better. 

 

I love Christmas time. I feel like it puts everyone in such a loving and happy mood. I love driving around to look at all the lights. Cuddling up in a blanket and drinking some hot cocoa. I love the acts of service around the holidays. You can find service around every corner ranging from shoveling snow to baking someone cookies. It is nice to enjoy the beautiful white crystal snow even though I absolutely hate to drive in it and I hate the coldness it brings. 

I get the opportunity to be with my little niece Oaklee on Christmas morning. It is going to be so fun to watch her excitement of opening presents. This is her first Christmas where she is actually old enough to open presents, last year she was only 4 months old. I can’t wait to be surrounded by my wonderful family and soak up the holiday goodness. 

I hope we can all find the real meaning of Christmas this year. It is way more than just the idea of presents. Christmas really focuses on the birth of our savior and what brought us here. This is a time to draw close to family and friends. It’s a time to realize where everything came from and who it came from. This holiday season is about love and family. This holiday season find someone that needs a little extra help and reach out to them. Let us keep the service going into the new year and not just during the holiday. 

 xoxo

Mrs. Carter