Last evening, as I celebrated Christmas at my parents house, I realized how different Christmas is for me now as a married grown up. I remembered so many things that we would do during this time of year as a child. When my brother and I were really little, I would wake him up at 6am and we would talk for over 2 hours about what we think Santa brough us. My parents set a rule that we were not allowed to wake them up until 8am. Pure torture to 5 and 7 year old in my opinion, but now I understand why.
In my family, Christmas was always about Jesus and the Holy Family. My family & I are very active catholics, so we never lost the true meaning of Christmas, even when we were little. My parents taught us that presents were not the true meaning and the reasons we receive presents.
At home, each person takes us there own turn opening there gifts. One at a time. I love this method because Christmas isn't over in 5 minutes and you can actually see what each person has. Most people think this is absurd but even as a little kid, it taught me patience. Also, only one special gift was from Santa. The Santa gift was always a higher priced item and always something specific that we asked for. We weren't allowed to open that one until last. The anticipation lasted all morning and was so much fun!
I remember one particular conversation I had with my brother one year as we waited to wake our parents up. Talking about how we both heard reindeer hoofs on the roof and heard bells on Santas sleigh. It is amazing how much imagination each child has and it is something I miss as an adult. I think as we get older we loose imagination and loose faith more and more. The Christmas Season helps us regain the Christmas spirit, faith and the imagination.
My parents actually taped our conversation regarding Santa. I may be a bit biased, but it was cutist conversation I ever saw between two people. "Well, maybe Santa did this, maybe that, do you think he ate the cookies and drank the milk", did you hear the hoofs last night"? And on and on and on.......
While your with your families today, never forget how truly blessed we all are, and to never loose that fun imagination.
Sean & I left out cookies and milk for Santa this morning and when I woke up, they were gone! It put a huge smile on my face, and I loved that Sean did that for me last night after I fell asleep. It brought so many memories back for the both of us. Also helped us create new traditions that we can later pass on to our own children.
Merry Christmas Everyone & God Bless!
-Lindsey
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Home Sweet Home Thanks To Target
I'm back to posting blogs again! Been gone for awhile...
The reason being is that Sean & I moved into a house! We couldn't be more thrilled!
As we are moving everything in and decorating for Christmas, I have come to the conclusion that I have an unhealthy obsession with Target.
Why you may ask? Well, they have EVERYTHING! literally! EVERYTHING! The only thing Target doesn't have is a produce section and if they did, I would never have to walk into a Wal Mart again. Ahhh...how pleasant would that be?
I walked into Target yesterday with a small list. You know the ones. The essentials. Trash bags, tissues, etc etc. So why did I walk out with a $150.00 receipt? My husband is no help. He is just as bad as I am. We walked out yesterday giggling like little kids on Christmas with treasures.
We found Christmas Ornaments, lights, garlend, wreaths and all kinds of things to make our home just the way we want for our first married Christmas.
Last night we came home, unloaded our treasures, decorated the tree and living room, and slow danced to Christmas music. It was perfect. It was everything I ever dreamed our first Christmas being.
To everyone out there, from our home to yours, we hope you have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
To all the families in Conn. we are praying for you and your lost little angels. I pray God blessings each of you through this time.
~God Bless.
-Lindsey
The reason being is that Sean & I moved into a house! We couldn't be more thrilled!
As we are moving everything in and decorating for Christmas, I have come to the conclusion that I have an unhealthy obsession with Target.
Why you may ask? Well, they have EVERYTHING! literally! EVERYTHING! The only thing Target doesn't have is a produce section and if they did, I would never have to walk into a Wal Mart again. Ahhh...how pleasant would that be?
I walked into Target yesterday with a small list. You know the ones. The essentials. Trash bags, tissues, etc etc. So why did I walk out with a $150.00 receipt? My husband is no help. He is just as bad as I am. We walked out yesterday giggling like little kids on Christmas with treasures.
We found Christmas Ornaments, lights, garlend, wreaths and all kinds of things to make our home just the way we want for our first married Christmas.
Last night we came home, unloaded our treasures, decorated the tree and living room, and slow danced to Christmas music. It was perfect. It was everything I ever dreamed our first Christmas being.
To everyone out there, from our home to yours, we hope you have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
To all the families in Conn. we are praying for you and your lost little angels. I pray God blessings each of you through this time.
~God Bless.
-Lindsey
Sunday, December 2, 2012
All I want for Christmas....
Life seems to be going at a speed that I cannot keep up with. Days pass by at the speed of light and I sit in bed and think "Wait, I have 2 weeks to get everything done, how will I ever do it all".
Life threw us a very unexpected curve ball this last week. After Sean & I got married, I told him that our apartment was ideal for a single person, but for 2 people and all there belongings, it was a tight squeeze. At first, he didn't understand why I thought this. I'd wake up every morning, and run into something, whether a laundry basket or a hamper or a bed leg. I felt that everywhere I thought I could move, I couldn't. You may be reading this, and thinking "She is just a clutz" or "Why don't you clean up things and you won't step on them". The only place I felt I could move in our bedroom was on our bed.
The kitchen was the same way. There was no room for 2 people to be in there. If Sean was cooking, I couldn't load the dishwasher at the same time. Between this and the noise from our neighbors, living was becoming more and more difficult.
My parents had recently purchased a home to use as a rental. I had looked at the house and loved it before Sean & I got married. I knew we wouldn't be able to break our lease and I knew I had to at least try living there. After we got married, I felt like all I ever did was clean because the area was too small for anything. Also, it was a far drive for work. I mentioned to Sean that we should look at the house again together, just so he had an idea. He didn't like the idea at first at all. After seeing the house, he knew it would be a good decision to move.
In 5 short days, we realized that the house was ours, and that our notice that we would be out of the apartment was all settled.
Now what?
Packing of course! I had just got everything unpacked, so this part is annoying! But I keep thinking, this is the right thing to do. We will finally have a home!
For Christmas, all I wanted was a beautiful tree, a fireplace, and my sweet smiley husband, and a home that we could actually call "home".
Merry Christmas to us!
Everything I could ever have prayed for or dreamed of, is coming true.
God is so good!
-Lindsey
Life threw us a very unexpected curve ball this last week. After Sean & I got married, I told him that our apartment was ideal for a single person, but for 2 people and all there belongings, it was a tight squeeze. At first, he didn't understand why I thought this. I'd wake up every morning, and run into something, whether a laundry basket or a hamper or a bed leg. I felt that everywhere I thought I could move, I couldn't. You may be reading this, and thinking "She is just a clutz" or "Why don't you clean up things and you won't step on them". The only place I felt I could move in our bedroom was on our bed.
The kitchen was the same way. There was no room for 2 people to be in there. If Sean was cooking, I couldn't load the dishwasher at the same time. Between this and the noise from our neighbors, living was becoming more and more difficult.
My parents had recently purchased a home to use as a rental. I had looked at the house and loved it before Sean & I got married. I knew we wouldn't be able to break our lease and I knew I had to at least try living there. After we got married, I felt like all I ever did was clean because the area was too small for anything. Also, it was a far drive for work. I mentioned to Sean that we should look at the house again together, just so he had an idea. He didn't like the idea at first at all. After seeing the house, he knew it would be a good decision to move.
In 5 short days, we realized that the house was ours, and that our notice that we would be out of the apartment was all settled.
Now what?
Packing of course! I had just got everything unpacked, so this part is annoying! But I keep thinking, this is the right thing to do. We will finally have a home!
For Christmas, all I wanted was a beautiful tree, a fireplace, and my sweet smiley husband, and a home that we could actually call "home".
Merry Christmas to us!
Everything I could ever have prayed for or dreamed of, is coming true.
God is so good!
-Lindsey
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