I’m writing in a flurry as we scurry to get ready to leave at 4am tomorrow morning for our Christmas in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. We’re gathering all of our “bundle up” clothes and preparing for lots of cold weather and snow! (The hi temp today in John’s hometown is 33. Yikes!!) I’m also very, very excited to see two of my dear online friends from over on LiveJournal, Chantel and her sister Jennie in their home on Sunday, and possibly my friend April (who I met through a friend online, but it turned out John knew from when he lived in Japan) at some point on the trip. What fun to have good friends along our route! :smile:
We celebrated “Christmas” with my family yesterday. They gave Troy the cutest baby rocking horse (with a little “seat” so he doesn’t fall off), and after the initial ride in it, he decided for a while that he preferred to laugh and giggle at it from about two feet away while sitting in someone else’s arms. :) He’s warmed up to it now and has been happily bouncing and rocking away in it all morning. We said goodbye to them last night and drove away, which was much harder than I thought it would be, this being my first Christmas ever away from my family. They were wonderful and said to have fun and that it was good we were going to be with John’s parents… but I still cried while we drove home.
I don’t know if I’ll be online much on our trip (once again, because I just don’t know if dial-up is worth the effort :grin:), so have a very blessed Christmas filled with the love of Jesus, and wonderful memories made with family and dear friends!
