Christmas Eve, Christmas Day....and then life goes on!

Christmas Eve we were blessed by being able to take some friends with us to services.  We have been taking mom and the two kids with us on the weekends the last month or so.  It was really wonderful that the older daughter and dad were able to go with us this time.  Dad recently had to take a job as a long haul trucker in order to make ends meet since the construction industry is dead in Vegas.  He went from a stay at home dad (on unemployment) to almost always on the road.  It's been quite a transition for the family so we have tried our best to be there for them.  I have been very thankful to be able to have them this week to help make cookies and cut out snowflakes for our decorations! 

Mom & Dad bought Sarah a cute little sweater dress so of course we had her wear it to church :)  Getting this kid in a dress is difficult so I'll take every opportunity!  Note her hair is still dark but at least it has gone down to a pretty brown.  I've decided to just go with it and see what happens....definitely not dying it blonde! 

Christmas was sparse this year and I didn't mind at all!  I actually had an iPhone app where I kept track of our Christmas present expenditures and stayed on budget.  That was a new concept for me.  Sarah knew we were going to be paring down this year so she wasn't expecting much.  We told her, even though she is very aware of "santa", that santa wouldn't probably bring as much this year.  Still, we managed to keep one surprise in the shed until Christmas morning!  Tracy had done some extra work this year for a friend that made it possible to get the one thing she really wanted....

So life is good and now we go back to the routine....well almost, since Sarah still has a week left of vacation until we go back to the school schedule.  She is going with Grammy and Grampy camping.  I'm sure she will be terribly bored this time of the year but it's better than staring at me at work all day!  God bless to all.