Christmas

I typed this up a while back and totally forgot to post it. So now that it's the middle of January, here's a Christmas post.

December is such a jolly month.  The highs are seemingly endless as we hustle from one event to the next.  It begins with all the fun December Sunday evenings at our church with the Hanging of the Greens, our choir program, and the annual Christmas Jazz Night.  Then comes our Christmas ballet program, parties at school, and gifts from students.  The kids get out of school and enjoy evenings with no homework and lots of time to relax and play.  Ryan is home a lot more.  We go out for ice cream and drive around looking at the lovely Christmas lights.  Then there's  decorating the tree and the house, shopping, wrapping gifts, baking cookies, surprising neighbors, reading Christmas books, watching Christmas movies, and spending lots of time with family.  It's just such a wonderful time.

Then comes January. Let it be known that I'm not a big January fan. No major holidays to celebrate, no festive parties, no programs, an extra few pounds from all that December food, cold, yucky weather. Poor January. It's kinda like the middle child of months. No offense, Sharon.
Oh well, to balance out the post here are a few happy shots of Christmas. These just might be the only ones you see for awhile. :)