Christmas 2012

Our Christmas has been absolutely WONDERFUL! This year, Bayleigh wanted a Flash Pad that she saw on QVC from Santa. It is basically a touch screen, hand held game, that has lights that you touch and follow. Every time Bayleigh goes to her BFF Cendall's house, she always goes straight for the Legos. We decided to buy her some of her own and it seemed to be the favorite of all of her gifts. She was spoiled with DVD's, Blu Rays, Lego's, a Blu Ray player for her room, a few shirts, an owl apron, games, an owl puppet, owl lunch box, and many other gifts. She was very thrilled and it was fun to watch her excitement as she opened each one.

Christmas in our home is more than gifts though. It is about Jesus and Family and just being together. We live such blessed lives and often take all we have for granted so we took the time to discuss Jesus and those less fortunate than ourselves.

Next year, instead of exchanging Christmas gifts with extended family we are all pulling together to provide Christmas to a local family or two and I have to tell you, I couldn't be more excited about it. The idea was Larry's and I LOVE it!

This morning, mom called around 8:30 to wake me up and to my surprise, Bayleigh was awake in her bed! I said, why didn't you wake me? She said, I knew you were tired and wanted to let you sleep. HOW SWEET! I was tired because I was SO excited for Christmas morning I couldn't sleep! I didn't mean to sleep that late. :) The anticipation had to be rough on our 8 year old! After opening gifts we fixed biscuits and gravy and then mom and Tony left.

This afternoon and evening we have been preparing for Blizzard 2012. We are under a Blizzard Warning as I type. I have to say, I am very excited about it. I pray that Larry gets off work and that I too will be off. I also pray that we don't lose power. I follow some weather people on Twitter out of Greenwood and they have predicted this storm for over a week. The news channels are too conservative and don't warn that far in advance. I hit the grocery store last week in anticipation for it. Bought foods that don't require electricity. This afternoon we brought wood into the garage and moved the cars into the drive off of the street. Larry went to town and bought kerosene and gas for the 4 wheeler as well. We are ready and waiting at this point.

This evening we cooked a ham and started the movie Arthur Christmas. As it plays I decided to blog our day and Larry and Bayleigh have fallen asleep together on the couch. As I look over at them I can't help but fall more in love with the two of them. I am one of the luckiest girls in the world. I have a wonderful family. The bestest friends in the whole wide world. I have a loving and forgiving God and for all of this--I couldn't be more thankful.

I hope that your Christmas has been as wonderful as ours. I hope that you have felt the love of Jesus Christ as much as the Rutherford home has felt it as well!

I don't have the pictures on the computer yet, but I am getting ready to do that so they will be in the post above this. I keep losing Internet connection and want to get this post made before the picture post.

Merry Christmas!