Christmas 2009 Apart...

We are so blessed with good health, a warm home and food in our tummies. This Christmas season I really felt the blessings pour in from wonderful family members and ward members who brought by treats and visits. This was the first and hopefully the only Christmas Richard and I spend apart. I held it together this month until the night before Christmas when I realized that Mr. Claus was not hear to drink the holiday milk and eat the cookies! Richard always does such a great job with leaving crumbs and a milk stain in the glass for the kids to see that Santa enjoyed their cookies. With that in realization it was up to me. I am so grateful for a husband who does so much for our family and extremely grateful for him at Christmas time. I felt the stress, the wrapping, the making the memory for our children, heavy this year all on my own. With that being said I warmly welcome 2010, and most of all, blessings to all and great things to come in the New Year.