Today as I sit in Mama and Daddy's living room talking and laughing with the family, it's hard not to remember what we were doing on this day last year. Our family had been out for the week and they all packed up and left early on the 24th. We had a really good week with them, but it was sad to see them go. We planned to make the most of our Christmas Eve in Texas. We had lunch at California Pizza Kitchen and went to see the movie Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We attended the Christmas Eve service at Bethel Church and then went for coffee and hot chocolates at Starbucks. The kids each had a gift card to Target that some sweet person sent them and they wanted to use it to buy me and Dave a Christmas present. It turned out to be a really good day for us. One of the things I remember is riding through Houston and the song Christmas Shoes came on and we all wanted to turn it real fast and Dave told us it was OK that we couldn't avoid all that was sad this year. We cried and went on with our night.
So this year it is good to be with family. It is good to be home. It is good to know Dave has no evidence of cancer in his body. It was good to celebrate the birth of our Savior with our family at Grace Fellowship last night. So happy Christmas Eve to your family from our family!!
