It’s the day after Christmas and my tree is put away. The nativities are safely wrapped and stored. My coffee table is clean and neat. Floors are vacuumed. And only a few remaining gifts sit in the corner until we see some family later on.
Some might see these behaviors as psychotic. But I just can’t help myself. And Josh and the kids seem to enjoy the clean, uncluttered house as well.
And just because we clean it all up in record time, doesn’t mean we didn’t have a lovely holiday. Let me share a bit here.
First of all, I used a good bit of time on crafting. This picture above is a pin and beads ornament I made. A sweet friend commented upon seeing it, “oh look—it’s covid!” And I don’t disagree with her. Lol.
One of my favorite works of art is this tree:
It’s covered with jewels and broaches. Some are my grandma’s and some are my mom’s, but most are randomly purchased on Etsy and Amazon. It was super fun to make!
I also made this little one from a red, white and blue theme.
And then this one I may just leave up all year:
The kids all arrived day after day during the second week of December. Ruby had a little surgery so we cared for her and tried to stay at home as much as possible. Molly and I did some shopping one day. Josh and Mack went hunting in Virginia. My older sister and her family came for a quick visit. Josh was asked to share the Christmas message at our Christmas Eve service and Molly got to sing a special song. I was treasuring it all in my heart (after being a fantastic assistant to each of them—clothing choices and all that it entails! Which shoes go best? Listening to the devotion a gazillion times and listening to molly play and sing…not complaining. Just saying I’d make a great road manager if anyone needs one). Here are some photos from these shenanigans.
We also took the family and Brooke to dinner on the 23rd. It was a fun night!
Christmas Day we had our usual breakfast and opening of stockings. Then we enjoyed opening gifts and a yummy dinner. It was a great day, and I didn’t take any pictures really. Just enjoyed being together.
If I’m being honest I was pretty much exhausted on Christmas Day. This is probably very normal, but it seemed everyone needed a lot of things from me over the past month or so. And I’m so thankful I’m able to be a help and that I have the health to help, but it does have a way of catching up with you! So thankfully a good night’s sleep and a slow day today has helped. I miss my routine so terribly. It’s hard for me to just chill the heck out in these “lazy” days when you don’t even know what day of the week it is. But I’m going to try to enjoy this season! Routines will be here before we know it.
It was a good Christmas celebrating our good God! Thankful for Jesus. God with us.
