What can I say. Its Christmas time! I love this time of year and hate all the temptation that comes with food in the office. We have had cakes, cookies, toffee, popcorn, treat contests, nuts, candies, lunches and lots of other goodies. I do appreciate when we have the fruit baskets, although they arent always the best items this time of year.
Today we went to the Vaught Christmas. It was a great time of food and family including a great sweet potato casserole from Andrea and Luke. We had a great time visiting this side of the family, and love the very thoughtful gifts that I received.
We do not typically exchange gifts on this side of the family. My grandma Peg usually sends us he choices for gifts and she typically gets plenty of gift certificates to go out to eat and buy items like books and home items. This year she turned the tables on us and gave us a wonderful gift. We all opened a family history binder she made of us that traces our entire history back 6 generations on both sides. It is amazing that she put this much time and effort into organizing this book and I was truly blessed that she even included me in this gift. I could sit and read this forever. The marriage and death records are included and some typically even told what the cause of death was. I found traces of breast cancer in my family all the way back to 1939 before they had typical treatments that they do today.
I really appreciate this time of year, to remember those who are with us and love us, and those who are not. Its great to get together with family without the premise of gifts and high priced ticket items, and also get to see how the year has treated us. I sit tonight and look at the Christmas tree after a wonderful dinner with Mark and a wonderful time with my family and thank God for everything and the wonderful life I currently have.
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