November 25, 2011

The holidays.......

         Well Christmas has came and gone now! I have mixed emotions about that. You spend so much time preparing for it and it is gone in a flash. We make special time to spend with our loved ones and just enjoy being together even if we don't exchange gifts. The heartbreaking truth is most of us won't get together again for another year. Maybe we will see each other at the store or (gag) Walmart. But we will not make time to spend together. Is life really that busy for us that we can't take one evening or weekend afternoon to just get together and visit? My answer is NO. We just don't want to make the time! We are selfish individuals. I am guilty of that on several occasions. But as I look at my kids growing fast I think to myself I want them to have memories of our families being together all the time!
        We were spoiled this year with many gifts. More than I ever dreamed of. We ate tons of great food and sat by the fireplace and talked. The girls giggled while playing with their new toys (OK not the whole time...they fought over who was gonna play with what first but hey let me have my Norman Rockwell moment!!) All and all it was a FanTaSTic Christmas!!!
        Now we  get ready for the new year! In our younger years we would have got all dressed up and went to a dance or went to the bars but now it is all about spending time with family at home! Normally we have Wii tournaments, EAT alot of snacky foods and most definately karaoke! It is truly the best way to end the old year and begin the new year. This year has been good and bad but I am ready for a fresh start for all my family!!! Here's 2012!! Let's make it a wonderful year full of health, wealth and love!!! Oh and good food....that is important too. ;o)
         I wish that we would have taken more pictures this Christmas but we will have the memories forever!! I hope that your holidays were as blessed as mine were. And I wish you the Happiest New Year! Cheers...........until we meet again ~Jen Diaz~