OUR Christmas Magic

This post is dedicated to all my tender mercies that happened this holiday season. This year will be a year I will never forget, the Lord has been by my side at times when I could not see him, holding my head above water more then once. It all started out at Thanksgiving time, we were up at the Cabin and we have always had a living tree, not a plastic (hey if you do it is ok!), but we have a 3ft tree fake tree that we let the kids decorate, this year that was going to be our tree. We were sitting at the table at the cabin eating some lunch and our neighbors came by they had an extra tree permit and asked if anyone over here would want one! Ty jumped up and said "YES! We would!" and said quietly " If no one else does". He went outside to get it from the man I went a shook his hand, He said "I didn't know that a tree was that big of a deal!" I told him "You have know idea". Blessings come in all different shapes and sizes ours came in the shape of a tree! I had a hard time getting into the Christmas Spirit so it did not get decorate til Christmas Eve but it was done.

We have had gift cards in the mail from anonymous people, with great messages on the cards and some even left at our door. Thanks the gift cards helped with so many things from food to items needed! Thanks you so much!

Next My mom told me that someone wanted to be Santa for our family this year. I had no words and was amazed to see what they had done for us. It will never be forgotten and one day I will be able to do this wonderful, amazing life changing experience for someone else who will be in need. Thank you to whom ever you may be one, or many, you will never understand what warmth and joy you have brought in to our family's soul, because of your willingness to give to someone in need. We are so eternally grateful. It has brought hope, love, faith, peace, and gratitude back into our home and hearts. It has made us look to this new year with a open heart and mind and feels as if there is a lightened load. Thanks!

Next was Santa showing up at our home, with a bag full of goodies and two airplanes and candies for our boys. Tegan talked to him and Broden was asleep I was at my in-laws working on Christmas presents for the boys which I will show later. But he wanted to check in on us and say hello to the boys! In the bag was flour, sugar, brown sugar, choc. chips, oil, and many other goody cooking things. Candies, homemade goodies, and two envelopes to Tyson and I. Which contained some gift cards and letters to us. They were from a family who had gone through some of the same things we had been through and wanted to share their feelings with us. Each letter nailed to a T how me and Ty were feeling as individuals and as partner and as moms and dads, I still read this letter and it gives me courage to fight my battle, the effect of this will last a life time and generations to come.

Next me and the boys had gone somewhere and come back and Tegan says mom who is that present for. I said what present, on a dresser in the garage was a box that said to Tegan and Broden do not open till Christmas, So we put it under the tree and waited Christmas morning we let the boys open it and WOW it was a Nintendo DS with a game I could not believe it. My boys have enjoyed it and even shared really well. Thank you this has made me see that it is fun to have those kind of gadgets, I have forgotten with these hard times that kids need to be kids and have kid things to. Some of theses things are what makes growing up so much fun, Ty has enjoyed it to!

One night I came home and the light is out in my garage I went to go up the stairs and ran into a box, a heavy box. We don't have a garage door opener so we leave it open when we have to go some where quick. I knocked on the door to have Ty come and get it because I could not lift it. he said who did this I said I do not know did you hear anyone. He said No, so we brought it in side and in it was a whole dinner for our Christmas Eve , Turkey, homemade rolls, potatoes, stuffing, tootsies rolls for the kids, pumpkin pie, cool whip, salad you name it. It was all there. We shared with my mom and dad because we would have never ate it all. This will be a tradition in our home. It was so nice to sit around the table with each other and enjoy a meal that had so much love feeding our soul.

I know there was so many more things I did not see, but I sure felt everyone's prayers and love this year. Thanks to everyone who ever you maybe and know that you are thought of and prayed for daily.

For Christmas for Bonnie and Jim we had the grand kids pictures taken at PhotoFly in Draper, They did a great job for so cheap! Then we had each couple and kids write a letter to them and it was just suppose to make it look like a bow on top, but it looked like a tree because of how many people we have in our fam! It was fun to make and easy!