I'll start with my DPP's
Day 24... Monday. This was a day filled with anxious "is Christmas here yet"'s all.day.long. Their excitement made me excited. We were watching the radar to see if the weatherman predicted a storm coming our way Christmas morning would come to pass, and the kids really wanted Daddy to be home. They were pleasantly surprised when we walked in the door (after tears of hearing he couldn't come home early) VERY EARLY to get the Christmas day festivities started. Tradition is they receive their Christmas Pj's Christmas Eve night and get to open one gift from under the tree. Since Daddy came home early we decided to let them have their Pj's early in the evening just to set the mood. They were a huge hit! :)
Day 25... Tuesday. Santa came. Santa conqured. Santa delivered. Christmas was awesome! The spent all day playing with legos that daddy graciously put together... all day! Lots of laughter and play (that thankfully still continues) :) God saw fit to bless up not only with a storm that knocked out power at 2am and brought all of the kids into our room on the floor. The power thankfully was on when we woke up but he also brought with it... SNOW!!! For the second time in our lives... we had a white Christmas!
It was absolutely magical and the most perfect icing on an already amazing day!
We closed out the day with a beautiful blanket of snow and woke up to it all still there. Yay for freezing temps! Before I even got a "good morning, mom" I was being handed sweaters and socks for gloves as the kids raced outside to play in the snow before the sun could appear. (Thankfully even today there is still some patches around.) :) Not much to do much with but it's pretty to look at just the same.
Day 26... Wednesday.
Note socks on the hands... My youngest called them snow hands. :) I love him!! We can't find our gloves anywhere so this was the best we could do. :) Totally worked!
So as it melts away it's just cementing in one of our best Christmas' ever. The peace. The hope. The family time. The pure joy that ran rapid all day long. The true meaning. The birthday cake for baby Jesus. The whole day will forever be stamped on our hearts. These days in the script... stunning.
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I thought of you when a friend told me that Dallas had snow and I wondered and hoped and prayed you'd get some too! Soooooo excited for you and your family!!! What a Christmas present to receive!
Love your photos...the joy and excitment shines through!
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