We had a wonderful Christmas weekend and just enjoyed being together. We had a lot of fun - tickling, singing, dancing, eating, (including accidentally eating plastic - you gotta take the plastic off the fruit roll up first Arilyn :)), coloring, playing, watching a movie, laughing, wrestling, reading lots of books, sledding, crafts.
It was really relaxing to just have a weekend where the only important thing on my to-do list was to be with the family. We were invited to a pot luck on Saturday, and although it was tempting, we really just wanted to focus on being with each other and be in the moment.
A few times I found myself starting to get annoyed when things weren't happening just how I wanted them to, but when I reminded myself to just drop expectations and be present, I was much happier. Christmas can be tough because too often we have a lot of expectations about how we think things should work, or we want things to be just right.
Sure, there were plenty of opportunities this weekend to be upset, but realistically, those times are always going to be there. I'm grateful for the blessing of family, and especially for Sadie, who helped in many ways to make this weekend so special.
Here are a few pics. Merry Christmas!
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| Coloring a ginger bread house |
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| Arilyn enjoyed some dress up clothes from grandma and grandpa |
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| Where's Tanner? There he is! |
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| This girl loves to color. She's getting pretty good too! |
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| We moved the train set up to Micah's closet, where it'd be safer from the wrath of Tanner-zilla. Micah is also rocking the bow tie we got him. He's a pretty good-looking dude. |
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