Happy Day after Christmas

Well, as usual, I'm a day late posting lol. That's just me, what can I say? I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. While it has been a year of trials, I feel truly blessed. The past couple of weeks, we've been fighting colds here, Marisa, me, then Buck, so it's been interesting. The kids and I went over to Mom's for Christmas Eve and my birthday, got to spend some time with Mom, Jack, Wendy and her family. Marisa went with her dad for their holiday program, I came home, picked up Buck and we went to Wendy's church to see their program. It's so great to be able to share the evening with everyone. Christmas morning we got up, opened our presents then headed off to Bucks' families. Did get some phone calls in during our travels. Hope everyone had a wonderful day.
Here are some pictures of our Christmas Eve.
Marisa got me these beautiful flowers for my birthday.

Our traditional kids by the fireplace at Christmas pic. I've been trying really hard not to think about how it will probably be Josh's last Christmas home for awhile. It's been hard, but I just have to stay positive that he'll be here next year.

Josh's Christmas present to Grandma

Sunday

Well, Christmas is almost upon us, where has the year gone? It certainly has been an interesting year, full of life's up and downs. Major milestones were made, high school graduations, teen hood achieved, and health issues. Wow, this is turning into a sad blog lol That was not what I intended when I sat down.
While "tidying up" yesterday, I found some great pictures that I thought I'd share. All you scrappers out there, don't get on me about how I should scrap them. Just enjoy the youthfulness of them. Josh and Mark had decided on one warm summer day that they would have an improptu yardsale, this is the boys at work. They used to be always into something when they were younger. Also keep in mind, that one of those young men is now 16 and old enough to drive, and the other will be joining the United States Marine Corps in April. My new motto will be "Semper Gumbi" (be flexible)