Holiday Resolutions?

Here it is, post-Christmas, and I am just getting to a holiday post! I think every year I go into the Christmas season full-steam ahead, ready to take it on, and at the end of it I am wondering "Um, what just happened?!"

Even with the hectic month of details, we really had a great Christmas this year. For the first time, I did almost 100% of Christmas (i.e. - shopping, staff party, other gifts, decorating etc.) I don't know if most married people operate that way and I have just been lucky to have Mark's involvement in the shopping aspect in years past? But this year, that poor man was so busy at work that I did almost all of it. Abe wrapped. That was new! Thanks Abe. We had lots of wonderful get togethers with our staff (who are the best, by the way), our friends, and our cousins in the area.

Did I mention that my Uncle Steve and Aunt Joyce are living in the Spokane area now to be close to Liza and Jane their daughters that I grew up with? That has been fabulous! We had our traditional Christmas eve dinner with June Denny and Dave and Sonya Coates. Our Christmas day brunch with the Julians - all of these people are our friends who feel like family. Our day-before Christmas eve nativity with the Mclellands. And Christmas Day dinner with the Lees, the Frasers and Steve and Joyce. We are truly so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives who we absolutely love!

I am one of those cruel mom's who generally doesn't get the kids what they THINK they want, because I think I know what they REALLY want! Plus, I figure not getting what you think you want developes character that they will appreciate much longer than they would anything tangible I could give them! This year we got it right on the money. They didn't get a lot, but what they got is still keeping them busy (four days later) - this is sad, but that is not always the case! So I will call it a success.