December? Really?

I can't believe we're at the end of 2008. This year flew by in some ways. In some ways it has been a great one, in other ways I'm glad to see the end of it. It's been kind of a weird and wild one, but we've also been immeasurably blessed. We're all healthy and happy and have everything we need, so we can't complain!

Sunday was Anna's 4th birthday. She said she wanted to have a party "just with my family that lives in my house", but last-minute changed her mind and wanted grandparents, too. The Johnson grands couldn't make it, but the Rummlers came for cake and ice cream. She asked for "a bunch of duckies", and that's what she got! We found a set of 24 little rubber ducks wearing different costumes. I'm not sure that's what she had in mind, as she's not as psyched about them as we thought. Oh well, we tried, and she said she had a great birthday.

Christmas is knocking at our door. We love this season. Our house has lots of lights and what decorations we have (note to self: need more Christmas decor! Shop after-Christmas sales!). We have our sad little Charlie Brown tree up. . . it was used at the church last year for a giving tree, and by the time we got it home, the base was pretty much ruined. But we have our little tree taped together and propped up. It's fallen about 6 times this year, but Matt found a resourceful way to keep it up by taking a glass panel out of our coffee table and setting it through that space. It works pretty well! We'll be shopping for a new one after Christmas, though. Baking is underway, most of the presents are bought, and we're playing lots of Christmas music. This weekend, we'll hopefully get some snow, too!

If we don't post before Christmas, have a merry one. Enjoy some goodies and family and music. That's what we'll be doing!