Gracie (9 months) Sadie (4 years) Dorothy (4 months)

My Family's Christmas was an unusual one that will probably go down in history. Little things were different from normal. It was a nice time with family. It left me wanting more quality time. Here are some of the things that took place:

The Dale and Sue Huff Family

Uncle Randy and Aunt Janie (HI JANIE:)

• Dorothy was sick
• Uncle Randy and Aunt Janie had two flat tires
• We were without power for several hours
• The dinner my mom prepared could not be heated up
• We had Bearno's pizza for Christmas dinner
• We all had to go home soon after the lights came back on due to the weather

All that aside Santa visited. My four year niece, Sadie was a-dor-a-ble when he showed up.

Who is coming to our house?

Who is coming to our house?
That is the name of the board book we have been reading to D before bed. It is about all of the animals in the stable as they prepare for Mary and Joseph's stay.
OK so I was really getting anxious about Christmas tonight. I was worried about my parents, brothers, and aunt and uncle coming for breakfast on Saturday, and getting presents bought, made, and wrapped...and then we don't have a tree yet...and when will we decorate it? But, and this will sound trite to some of you- I remembered none of that matters, because Jesus is the reason for the season. Reading that book to Dorothy again tonight just simplified it in my mind. All that matters is the fact that Christ came for us. This is a time to celebrate, not stress. So I know that others have made this point before and much more eloquently but I just wanted to bring it up again. Christ is the reason we celebrate this time of year. May God bless you this week.

8 years!

Our Wedding Day. On the way to our reception in our Model A. December 4, 1999. Ages- 19!

I know, I know, I already announced it on Sojourn's message board and Facebook but this past Tuesday was our Eighth Wedding Anniversary. To put that into perspective, consider this. We got married before Y2K and while Bill Clinton was still president.

I was going to scan some photos but I just couldn't pull that off as my pictures are still packed from the move and in temporary storage for now. So, I was so excited then when I found a CD with our wedding slide show that my father in law made me right after our wedding. It was with our CDs and kinda scratched but I found two pictures for your viewing enjoyment.


My first Christmas with the Cospers 1998!