It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Sometimes the most wonderful time of the year turns into the busiest and most stressful. I'm determined to stop this from happening at our place this year. I've got my cheap, temporary Christmas tree up and partially decorated with handmade ornaments, most of my shopping done, cards stacked waiting to be addressed, Christmas gifts to mail out tomorrow, the list goes on. This business of rarely seeing Jason, having few of our belongings and deployment in Florida is wearing me out! Just imagine for a moment, doing Christmas from scratch again, no tree, ornaments, stockings, decorations, sugar cookie cutters... Anyway, I'm just happy we're all together as a family for Jason's deployment. The little things really don't matter.

I can't wait for my dad and sister to come visit in less than a week! And then the in-laws will be here for Christmas Day to New Years! The kids are SO excited!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!"