December 26, 2008
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3 days of Christmas:)
Our family is growing, and with it, Christmas is changing for us:) Oh, it’s till presents and family get-togethers, and for me, cherishing and rejoicing that Jesus gave up the privileges of being God to become one of us. But we now have to spread it out!
My youngest son Russell’s mother-in-law just got married, so she now goes to her in-laws for Christmas Eve. We all get together at my house or her house for Thanksgiving, so this year for Christmas, she had us all over for the “eve” of Christmas Eve — Wednesday night. We had tamales (traditional Hispanic Christmas food), and rice, etc. She even gave me a gift, a container of “chocolates of the world”!
Then Christmas Eve we all went to Russell’s house and exchanged presents. My daughter and her husband then left to go to her in-law’s for the rest of Christmas Eve. My daughter in law fixed a wonderful dinner, and Russ barbecued tri-tip roast for the meal. I brought creamed corn, which everybody has always loved since I brought it to my in-laws for Thanksgiving. After being with family I went to my church’s 11 pm Christmas Eve service for the first time — it was the most joyous service I’ve ever attended!
Then on Christmas morning my grandson went to his dad’s house (it’s part of having divorced parents, but he takes it all in stride), to be with daddy and grandma and open presents there, etc.
Late Christmas morning I went back to Russell’s house just to hang out. Baby Mila is so precious, she recognizes me now and smiles when she sees me. She is so cute, she “talks” a lot, even moves her tongue to try and imitate speech. Her big present was an activity center you sit in the middle of and play with about 8 different things, and she was laughing and talking and singing to the toys.
Late in the afternoon they went to my daughter in law’s grandmother’s house, and I could have gone, but instead I went home (they live about 4 blocks away) and took a nap and started knitting again.
Like my last blog said, I’m learning to make hats. I finished hats for the 3 grandchildren here (of course little Mila looks so cute in her pink hat), and Russell’s mom-in-law saw the hats and asked me to make her one.
I’m finding knitting is very relaxing once I settle into the routine of the pattern. So I’m looking into knitting hats for charity. Any of you who knit or crochet and love it and have run out of people to make thiings for, charity would be a great way to go. Many of the organizations are looking for yarn donations, too, even “scraps”… so it would be a great way to get rid of what you don’t need.
One good way to find out about organizations is on the www.lionbrand.com website. This is the time of year we should be thinking about people less fortunate, so I think it’s appropriate to include this in a blog about Christmas.
I hope you all had a joyous and relaxing Christmas, too. Blessings to everybody!
Love to all, Gerrie
Comments (7)
Wow ~ sounds like you’ve had awesome family time!! Merry Christmas (belated)!!!
I absolutely agree about crocheting, knitting or whatever for charity … it’s a wonderful idea and makes a person feel good too!
Have a good day!
Jennelle
Looks like your family & you have grown of number of people in the family! Glad you had a great Christmas with your family!! Have a great weekend as we enter a New Year!
Seems like you had just the right kind of Christmas: filled with family but still with some times of peaceful rest. A great balance. You have quite a growing family!
Wow…sounds like a pretty busy time. I hope you get a nice relaxing weekend. God bless you ~~ janet
haven’t seen you for a while! how I look forward to in laws! kids not married yet….nor anyone in sight. YET. maybe soon.
lots of love! thanks for your lovely post!
How wonderful to see your update, and your comment as well. You are a blessing, dear Gerrie, and I am glad to be able to claim you as my friend. Sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. We did as well, though I won’t blog about it until later. Right now I’m coming over to pray specifically for you as I stated on my New Year’s post. It is indeed a privilege to pray for each other, and to be sisters in the greatest Family of all!
Love you… Carolyn