O Holy Night

God called all the angels of Heaven together for a special choir rehearsal. He presented them with a special song and they went to work, practicing long and hard to perfect the tune. God would not let them stop until they had it down perfect. After many rehearsals, God announced they were ready but it was not time to perform. The angels were anxious to present the beautiful tune after all their hard work. Finally God called the choir together and told them it was time.

In a field outside of Bethlehem the angels presented their song "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will toward all."

They knew it was a very special night but looked forward to the next performance. God told them the would not be presenting the song as a group again. One bold angel stepped forward to ask why not when they had performed it so beautifully. "Because now the earth must sing about my Son."

May God fill your homes with loved ones and your hearts with the everlasting peace only He can give. In the words of Hank Hill - "Jesus peace, NOT hippie peace!"

A sampling of our Christmas shenanigans....

Can I just say that I wore my sequin santa hat to THE NorthPark Mall and got compliments from gay guys, black women, and old ladies? I'll take it!

Just know that if you steal my camera and take pictures like this they will be posted Uncle Larry...

Getting lots of attention!

Hanging with dad.

Finished a few hours ago, just in the nic of time!

SANTA!

I had to take Chase to see Santa so I asked Brian if he wanted to go or if I could do it during the work day when the lines would be shorter. We talked about schedules and when we could possibly do it and he was like well I might could make it some evening this week but work, getting ready to leave town, etc....so I headed out to the mall with a good friend and we walk up to Santa and get really excited because there is almost no line. And then we see why. He was wearing a blue shirt with no red coat! Apparently that was his "workshop" out fit. My child cannot have his first Christmas ruined by seeing a Santa without his big red coat. So after feeling ridiculous for not getting his picture with him I call Brian and explain what happened and that Bass Pro Shop downtown had a "real" Santa.

I'm not sure why but he jumped at the chance to go and by the time I got home Brian was ready at the house. Practically had the car started.

So we went downtown and saw the real Santa and picked up a few presents. Chase had no idea what was going on but at least he wasn't a screamer.

You did what?!?!

oh no. Oh No. OH NO!

That's what I hear to run into the kitchen and find......

Ok so maybe it wasn't that bad but it sure was funny after I realized that we weren't going to have to replace any appliances or carpet. Brian was only trying to help clean out the dishwasher with a little dawn soap, but he ended up cleaning our floors with it too! My mom said he was trying to get out of ever doing the dishes again. It's a good thing I love him so darn much.

My Flyin' Brian

Merry Christmas Brian!

Not only did I go fly in a really old airplane, I liked it - probably had more to do with the Christmas lights we got to see than the plane...

For those of you curious (I know I wasn't) it was a B-47, the Southern Cross to be specific (direct any further questions to Brian). After the plane ride I patiently waited for an hour and a half while Brian walked around the Vintage Flying museum with one of the workers because they had to talk about, tour, and go inside almost every single airplane. As you can see from below, 90% of the planes weren't in flying condition but Brian was in hogs heaven! One of the other airplane enthusiasts commented that it was nice of his girlfriend to stick around in the cold so long. I'm his wife buddy, it takes diamonds to stand in the cold this long! Now I know what Christmas present I have to live up to every year!