Monday, December 15, 2008

HO, HO, HO, Merry Christmas!



Seasons Greetings! We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas from our den to yours. May the spirit of Christmas fill your hearts with peace and love. We are all excited for the holidays! Christmas truly is for children. The boys can hardly wait for Santa to come. We are doing the 12 days of Christmas for a family in our neighborhood who's father just lost his job. They have children the same age as ours. The boys have enjoyed secretly taking things to leave on the porch and run. We are also doing the same for a single man on our street. My heart is full of gratitude as I watch the children perform this secret service. We have really enjoyed doing this and I think it will most likely become a tradition. This is what Christmas is really about.

We took the children downtown this last weekend and stayed in a hotel. We went to dinner, saw the downtown lights, and went back to hotel to swim. We had a wonderful time together. We are busy getting ready for Christmas. Our home is full of music, singing, laughter, and screaming kids. Aiden has given Jingle Bells a new name. It's new title is "Jingle Hell". I don't understand where in the hell he got that word from hee hee. He didn't know it was bad until we told him which made it worse. Anyway the song has new meaning for our family now.

The boys are playing Junior Jazz basketball and loving it. They had their first games last Sat. and did very well. The kids can't wait for winter break. I am excited as well to get out of the daily routine and relax and have fun with the kids. We are having the Baer's over for Christmas Eve dinner. My sister-in-law Sue sleeps over on Christmas Eve. The kids enjoy that. We will go to Turner's Christmas day. Hope to talk to the out of towners on Christmas day! We love and miss all of you.

Much Love
The Baer's