It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This year I have a huge amount of excitement surrounding Christmas. There are the "firsts" and the fun favorites from years past. But, I'm also very overwhelmed... This is the first time, in a long time, that I'm trying to do everything while being out of the house almost 30 hrs a week. This is the first time I'm hosting 20 people for Christmas! I can't wait to have all my siblings and my nieces and nephews, and parents here, but it's very nerve-wracking. I have parents that have taught me everything I know about planning and hosting a party, let's just say I have really big shoes to fill!!!

Thankfully I have kids that can quickly put it all back into perspective. The boys love Advent! They love the Luke 2 Christmas story, they love to put the Advent ornaments up, they love to take turns re-telling the story. There isn't a part they don't enjoy. Liv... Not so much. I'm hoping it's because she's only 2, that the importance of this time of year hasn't quite sunk in for her. If it has, she's really missed the mark and we are in really big trouble in the years to come. When we ask her who is "coming" (in reference to Advent), she gets a really big grin on her face, yells on the top of her lungs, "SANTA!", and then quickly adds, "with lots of babies for me!".