Wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas! I hope y’all have a wonderful day celebrating the birth of our Savior.This is the last 12 days of Christmas post. I must say that blogging every day has been a challenge. Fun, but a challenge nonetheless.Today is filled with relaxing with my family. My grandparents and two of my cousins drove in today, and the rest of my mom’s side of the family is coming in tomorrow. Yesterday we visited my… Read more »

Today I’m showing y’all the Blimey Cow special, The Christmas Feeling, because 1. it’s fantastic and 2. it points out that Christmas isn’t about us- it’s about Jesus and giving to others.Hope y’all enjoy this as much as I do :)See it here You might also like: Merry Christmas!! It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Sunday Song | “Mirror” Introducing… Joy Because Grace’s Missions Emphasis Week 2016 Welcome to Joy Because Grace!! *Confetti*

Fifteen years ago today, my brother, Kyle, was born. This post is in honor of his birthday.So, Happy Birthday, Kyle!!! The Day Kyle was Born…. Three-and-a-half-year-old-me woke up that morning, excited for Christmas which was coming in a few days. I ran into my mommy and daddy’s room… but they weren’t there.Confused, I tiptoed down the hallway and decided to check in the kitchen. They weren’t there either. They also weren’t by the washer and dryer- I checked there next.I… Read more »

I love Christmas movies! I sometimes pull them out in August and watch them then :) Today, I’m going to list **some** of my favorite Christmas movies. The Best Christmas Movies… 1. It’s A Wonderful Life My all-time favorite. We watch it every Christmas Eve :) *Sigh* Photo Credit: www.imdb.com 2. Annie (1999 Version) The soundtrack is A-Maze-Ing!!!  PC: www.imdb.com 3. Christmas in Connecticut I love this movie! It’s so funny!!  PC: www.moviepostershop.com 5. Scrooge I love this version of Dickens’… Read more »

Christmas Eve is my absolute favorite holiday, even above Christmas! Here’s what we do… 1. At somepoint during the afternoon we bake and decorate Christmas cookies for Santa. 2. We always go to our church’s Christmas Eve service that evening. I love the end of the service when we light our candles and sing Silent Night (my favorite Christmas song). 3. After church, we go and pick up cheese pizza and take it home. 4. We eat the pizzas while… Read more »

I find it ironic that I had planned to talk a lot the broken shepherd today. I scheduled my 12 days of Christmas posts way back during thanksgiving break. My computer crashed today. Funn. Currently it’s drying out. Hopefully it will be okay. *Praying hard* Anywho, today I was supposed to talk about the broken shepherd. You see, when I was little my family had a porcelain nativity scene. While my mom would read to me, I would play with… Read more »

There are perhaps no days of our childhood lived  so fully as those  we spent with a favorite book. ~Marcel Proust There is nothing as magical as a child curling up in her mother’s lap to hear a Christmas book. Begging to hear just one more story before it is time to go to sleep. Traveling to far off lands found within the beloved pages.Books at Christmas time are even more magical. They spark one’s imagination and spur on the… Read more »

Story Time… Last Christmas Eve, my family and I attended our church’s Christmas Eve candle light service as we do each year. Afterwards, unbeknownst to me, my friend had a scheme to give me the most unforgettable Christmas present I had yet to receive.Somehow, my friend had managed to plan a big plot to deliver a large, ominous, black box to my family and have them place it in the back of our van– without me knowing it. I knew… Read more »

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to look at Christmas ornaments on people’s trees. It’s so cool to see the different ornaments they have collected over the years.So, today I’m going to give y’all a peek at my family’s Christmas tree and some of my favorite Christmas ornaments. Here we go… My Favorite Christmas Ornaments: I like this one because we can plug it into the strings of lights and then the fireplace will light… Read more »

I always have loved Christmas decorations. I wish we could leave them up all year!For the 2nd day of Christmas, I wanted to give y’all a peak into my home so y’all can see the beautiful decorations my family has accumulated over the years. The Lovely Christmas Decorations… We have two Christmas trees. One with colored lights, one with white lights. I like the one with white lights best. White lights seem more traditional and more Christmas-y to me. Which… Read more »