Merry Christmas!
Well we made it home on the 23rd giving Jud and I just enough time to run around like mad scooping up gifts for all. I thought that it would be miserable, but honestly I found it to be VERY focused, purchasing less was actually more this year. There was amazingly enough really no random purchases to fill space and we bought more family gifts than we did personal gifts! And everyone got just what they wanted. Since we were out of town and family thought that they should send gifts late meant that the kids weren't overwhelmed and were really able to enjoy what they recieved. Sometimes with my kiddies it is over stimulating to have too much choice. That sounds about as opposite of the norm as it could be, but so is our family so that is good I suppose!
We even had time to make cookies for ourselves and the neighbors. Though the second recipe left a lot to be desired to say the least, but decorating was fun anyway. And we had some interesting snowmen to say the least! HeHe!
Sadly in all our celebrating will have to be committed to my memory now as I misplaced my camera on our trip and haven't seen it since. It makes me very sad as it is the first holiday every that I have no photos of. I hope I never forget this Christmas as it was one of our best. Who knows maybe it was meant to be this way for it was the first time I really watched from a space that wasn't behind the lens and that was a much better view for sure.
I also don't have photos from our trip now either, but as I said above, still a better view. We had a great time, saw lots of new and exciting places and possibilities. The polar opposite of where we are now, it was freezing. I thought no big deal if it's cold, we lived in Brunswick, Maine for almost 3 years and 2 winters of that we played in that cold and snow and loved it! Well, umm, NO that would not be true. I was so cold that I thought I would never be warm on the trip sometimes. Yikes, maybe I am getting to old to enjoy it. The children on the other hand, well can I say that we had long periods at the campground that we never saw them! They loved it to say the least!
So all in all no photos, but lots of wonderful memories (I just hope my memory never fails me)! I hope that wherever you may be, and however you may celebrate that your holidays were and are wonderfully memorable and filled with love and peace!
My monkeys are my own personal fairy tale in real life...
Ramblings, Sentiments, Rantings and Musings
- Dana
- I am a mother of 5 wonderful children and wife to one amazing Navy man. I am always changing things in my life, constantly learning something new and trying it out. I am a wannabe vegan, minimalist and currently living full time in an RV. Just for clarification, I say wannabe, because I know I am not perfect, but each day I strive to do the best I can. That's all I can expect from anyone no matter where they are in life. I learn something new everyday...mostly about myself and my little corner of reality. Life, to me, is loving, learning and making memories. These are better than all the tangible riches one can get their hands on! Besides, there will come a day when all I have left is my love and memories...so I'll stockpile as much of those as I can!
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