One of the trees we delivered to a widow in our ward who I sing in choir with. She invited us in and we were able to stay and chat with her for a while. She loves company but feels lonely most of the time. She had family taking her to be with them for Christmas, but we got to spend a good amount of time with her before they picked her up. She is an amazing woman and has done so many neat things in her life. Visting her was a blessing for us.
We had our Christmas Eve program with our little family. I sang Silent Night for the kids. Sometimes when I'm singing hymns, I get emotional and have a hard time getting through them because I am touched by the Spirit. Today I had a hard time getting through the third verse because the kids were making faces at me and making me laugh. I love my family.
This evening we went to visit friends for treats and games. We made peanut brittle, almond roca (or rather peanut roca), Chex Mix, and Rice Krispie Treats. Our friends made some yummy treats, too. There was plenty to eat and now even thinking about eating Christmas treats doesn't appeal to me. I wonder how it will be after Santa fills the stockings tomorrow morning.
I don't know why my kids always have such out of it expressions when we take pictures of them with chocolate on their faces.
We finally left and drove home. By the time we got home, both kids were mostly asleep, and by the time we'd carried them to their room, they were both awake. I stayed in there with them for a little while until they were both asleep again.
Jeremy and I both had some wrapping to do so we took turns. Then as I wrote the blog post, Jeremy worked on balloon sculptures for the kids.
Now it's late and I need to go to bed so Santa can come.
Merry Christmas!
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