Hello everyone! Well, 2015 is history and 2016 has made its entrance. I wonder what God will bring to us this year? For me, I was able to spend some time at Christmas with my daughter, son in law and grand babies. How quickly they grow! My granddaughter is already on her way to being age 3 and my grandson is 6 months old.
For two days we were privileged to have them here. Since I had to work on the 24th, we had out Christmas on the 23rd. I was able to have the kids to myself for several hours on the 23rd while the kids went shopping. I so enjoyed them! Little baby Micah is such a sweet baby! I cuddled with him and could hardly put him down the whole time. Lydia was told that she had to take a nap before we opened up Christmas gifts. When I went downstairs to check on her, she was still awake. I explained that I had spoken with Santa Claus and he said that she had to have a nap before he would put the very special gift that he had brought to her under the tree. I left for about 15 minutes and she fell fast asleep.
This year, I had been collecting things to put into a very special doll house for Lydia. We got the house over the net from a family in Florida. While waiting for it to arrive, I had spent a lot of time purchasing some very special trolls to go in the house. I had many of them when I was a child. They had the most adorable scrunched up faces and fly away hair of many colors! The only problem was is that they were naked! I spent some extra time finding some clothing for them and lots of furniture to put in the house, making sure it was large enough to prevent choking. I got it all ready and purchased a small suitcase from the local Good Will for Lydia to put all of her little toys in when she was not playing with the house. I them wrapped them all carefully and put them in the laundry room.
We opened all of our gifts and we were all sitting there in the living room thanking each other for the thoughtful things they purchased for us. I then looked over a Lydia and asked her if she was ready to have the very special present from Santa. Her eyes got big as saucers and she was grinning from ear to ear! I told her to close her eyes tight and we put the gifts on the floor by the tree. That little girl lit up like a firefly in Summer! She was so excited about the house that she barely could keep from screaming. Of course she had not ever seen a troll before but fell in love with them. There were baby trolls, sister and brother trolls, mommy and daddy trolls and a very special grandmother troll. She had so much fun putting the house together and didn't want to put it away when it came time to pack up to go to her other grandparents house in the Billings Heights. The suitcase thing was a great help.
After they had headed out to Grandpa Bears house, we sat in the rubble of papers and ribbon and thought about all the excitement of the last two days. I wouldn't have given it up for the world. It was all it should have been and more. My hubby's sister was on her way over with her gifts and we quickly cleaned up the living room for the next round. The kids would be headed to Circle Montana to see his parents tomorrow and they would remain there until after the 1st of January.
I took a few moments to think about the true meaning of Christmas. Sure, it was great to see all the family and to watch the kids faces light up at the presents and tree but how much had I thought about the little baby in the manger who was the true Light of the world? I was humbled by the feeling of gratefulness at what Jesus had done for me so many years ago. How I longed to just touch his robe like the woman did when he dragged the cross through the city to the spot where he would be crucified. She had such faith! I want that kind of faith! I want to know that when I close my eyes for the last time that when I open them I will see the face of God looking back at me. This remains my desire and will be my desire until I draw my last breath on earth. Please! If you do not know Jesus as your personal savior, please ask Him to fill your soul this very minute! Heaven will be a wonderful place and to see you there will make even more wonderful. It's a free gift and no amount of money or other wealth can pay for it. All it takes is for you to tell Jesus you believe in Him and ask Him to save you.
In another week I will be having surgery on my right hand to repair the CMC joint. I have researched this carefully and watched a video of it. If you are to have this done, don't watch the video...it is somewhat brutal! However, the success rate is an impressive 96% so I am fired up and ready to tackle this challenge. The recovery time is quite lengthy so I will not be getting a vacation this year again unless my hubby pays me for it! I hope to get completely well as I need my hands to work on my jewelry and other crafts. My part-time business has done very well this year. I even accomplished a custom made bracelet for a client and it turned out really nice. I have sold quite a few photo's, especially the ones that I have assigned numbers to. I am now armed with a fantastic new camera which can do most anything. Funny story here was that my last camera that I purchased after I broke the one on vacation, quit working. I sent it in for repair and was told it would cost as much as I paid for it. I ended up retiring that one and purchased the newest one. I ran across the old camera in the craft cupboard and put new batteries in it just for giggles to see if it would work. Well, it did work and now I have a back-up camera which is just fine with me!
Well, that's all for now everyone. I will write more again later on. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish for all of you a fantastic new year! Cheers! Freedancer
