I haven't given blogging much thought over the past two years. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed reading and keeping up with the blogs of others. I've been thinking, maybe I should consider taking part in the blogging world, if for nothing else I would be creating a journal entry from time to time. To me the joy of a journal is to record your thoughts, dreams and life's activities....the freedom of writing about whatever you so desire without concern over revising and editing. Which will be difficult for me to do...I find myself worrying over punctuation and grammar before pressing "publish". So, let me go ahead and acknowledge there will be mistakes along the way. Perhaps, I'll follow punctuation and grammar rules or maybe not.
Our family has enjoyed a very busy holiday season.
First of all, on the second day of our break we hosted and celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary with a reception. It was very lovely and we all enjoyed the fellowship of family and old friends. It was a very special day for my parents.
Our family was asked to light the Advent candles at the Christmas Eve service. So, we let each child choose the candle and scripture reading they would prefer and then we diligently practiced the readings. We didn't consider the logistics of holding the microphone, lighter and scripture cards. Nothing like trying to get the flicker lighter to work while a hundred plus people are watching. We managed to light all four of the Advent candles and Christ candle without knocking over the candelabra. Yea! After the service we had a quiet Christmas Eve gathering at our home. More good food and family fun.
Christmas day was spent opening gifts (Santa wrapped everything this year), eating breakfast casserole, and lounging around the house for a few hours. I believe everyone was happy to be home doing their own thing for a while. I managed to capture (with the camera and forever imprinted on my heart) some smiles from three teens as they opened their gifts...they were pleased with all their presents. Proof you never get too old for the magic of Christmas.
Later in the day we had Christmas with my family at my parents' house. This was rather laid-back and easy this year. Partly because we had our special meal in the evening as opposed to midday. One of my favorite happenings of the evening was reading to my niece. She crawled up close to me on the couch and we read books (one particular book over and over "Press Here" ) It reminded me of times not so long ago when my children were younger and we cuddled for stories. Precious memories to cherish.
More later about holidays in Tennessee.
Well the title of this post mentions knitting. My original plan was to blog about my knitting project....guess i got a little sidetracked. I'm currently working on a striped scarf...something simple for the holidays. I'll leave you with a photo of the wip (not the best photo).
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