So I sit here at 6:20 in the morning on the eve of the day we celebrate our Savior's birth pondering the day and the days ahead. My, can the Reyes family pack in some activities...fun although exhausting! Oh, the thought just occured to me, next year ought to be even more fun! One more little munchkin! Last night we had our Christmas dinner with Uncle Drew and Aunt Ann Dove at Outback...YUMMO! We love those kids!
This year our Christmas present to ourselves is Verizon FIOS! Lisa would probably say it is a present for me though! Let's see how that works out. Now I get to go through changing our email addresses and guess what folks?, we finally have a land line phone after 9 years! This stuff is actually getting installed today out of all days! Hey...works for me...Merry Christmas!
Tonight we have our Christmas Eve marathon services that I will be singing at, and actually my parents are coming...so excited! Then we get to head over to Grandma Reyes' house for dinner...yummm some good old fashioned Filipino food! Masarap!
Last year we started the tradition of having Christmas breakfast over our house for my mom's side of the family. Since Delaney was old enough to understand Christmas presents, we wanted her to wake up on Christmas morning and open her presents in her house which has worked out great. I think this year I am gonna make a breakfast casserole, the traditional bacon fried rice, cinnamon rasin bread...and oh Brooks is on the egg station! Love them eggs Boo!
The marathon begins when we head to Lisa's parents house for lunch and presents. Talk about a mess load of presents! Mom's house is over-flowing with gifts! Usually when the grandkids come, the kid gifts decrease...not at Mom's house! The gifts keepa comin! They are such wonderful and generous people, could not ask for better in-laws!
Then the final leg is to my Aunt Tina's for dinner! This is always the highlight of my Christmas family memories! Not quite the same since Papa died though! He always brought that fun Christmas spirit to the house! Gosh I miss him! We'll have awesome food and I'm sure there's gonna be the traditional poker game! My father-in-law loves this part!
I actually took time off until the New Year...well deserved I say! I am looking forward to going to St. Louis with Drew (or as he refers my BFAM...AKA brother from another mother!) Hmmm...the trouble we could get into!
So, just to say amidst the hustle and the bustle of the Christmas season, I pause and say thank you Lord for blessing me the way you have. Thank you for being willing to come to this earth, live what in our eyes is a substandard life, suffer the way you did and dying on the cross just for me! So in the spirit of the season, I say Merry Christmas!
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