Tis the season to be grateful, happy, giving , loving & eat some good food....Oh and be with family. Whomever they may be..
a quick note on our family, all of them:
In mine and my hubb's life we consider our close friends to be family. We have a very close nit group of friends we discovered just a year and half ago, let me tell you these people are there for anything. We are made up of wonderful caring people all over the great state of Texas ! We started out as a couple of ol' high school buddies getting together to enjoy one of our favorite hobbies, muddin ! Yes the sport of playing in the mudd, dust or what have you while riding four wheelers and side by sides. It was a success the first time we all got together ! It was almost as if we'd been together for many years and even though we do not see eachother but a couple times a year facebook's got our back, so to speak. We talk almost daily on fb and pray for eachother and family on there. Our group is so important to each and every one of us. So to our "FOUR WHEELIN' FAMILY: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEE YA AT NEW YEARS"
As for family family, well we get together , enjoy the company and go home. I remember as a child growing up and christmas eve was like a t.v. show in our family. My family is fairly large, 16 adults, 14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and one on the way. Growing up it wasn't as large as it has grown to be today, but none the less it was huge still. Playing games & watching Christmas shows during the day, everyone cooking our Seafood feast in the kitchen, grandkids cleaning up the mess that all the adults had to make, then we'd sit in the den (which seems smaller now that I"m an adult) and sing christmas carols(quite horribly mind you) out of our folders that are stored away all year just to make their appearance every christmas eve. Silent Night was always last to be sung at the request of Grandma. Then the madness would begin ! The guys would hand out all the gifts and we'd open them without hesitation. We didn't sit around and watch eachother open them cause that would obviously take way too long. Then there was tons of excitement to see who got what and of course the wrapping paper fights would begin promptly after the gifts were opened while the big black trash bags are passed around. I"m not sure how Grandma and Grandpa let this go on but it does every year. I remember watching Grandma look around at her family with pride and happiness. 2002 was the hardest Christmas ever as it was the year we lost Grandpa. We all did our best to hold it together that year, but of course there were moments that were Grandpa's favorites and we'd lose it. This year will be the same. Since we had kids I've tried to start our own traditions but when you have so many people to see and everyone wants you here and there it's not easy. I'll make a christmas morning casserole and my hubby and I will watch our children's eyes as they open their gifts. I hope they are excited and know how lucky they are. I know they will wish they got more toys, but this year we decided on the necessities and one toy. I want them to understand what Christmas is all about, being with family. I hope and pray they can have memories to think back on when they are parents making new memories. I don't want them to get all caught up in the receiving of things but to be able to give to less fortunate people as well. They just do not know how good they've got it...
So for now I leave you with this>>... Life as I know it is full of good memories, giving and lot's of food....
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