Thursday, December 14, 2006

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Okay...I just have to tell you guys...this Florida girl is absolutely giddy with excitement this morning! You see...this is my very first, self-made fire!

Isn't she beautiful??


My kids are all cuddled around the fire doing their schoolwork. It's not really the dreamy picture you're imagining...they're each vying for the best spot in front of the fire and at least once every five minutes I hear, "Hey Mom...I think it's time to poke this fire! Can I do it???" (HA! Yeah right!) The boys got up to get their next school book and my littlest hops up into the "prized spot" and says to herself, "Ahhh...this is the life."

She's SO right...this is the life! We have so much to be thankful for this Christmas, a healthy family, warm home, food for our bellies, the opportunity to cuddle in front of the fire with my children and teach them at home, family, friends that have become like family, and each other.

Merry Christmas everyone!

5 comments:

BookLoverMC said...

Congratulations on your fire! I tried starting one the other day (the first one this year) and failed :-( Nice blog!

Anonymous said...

Kuddos to you girl! Now you'll be ready for camping.

Anonymous said...

That last one was me!

Kathi

Brian said...

Nice work Mrs. V.

Tammy said...

Yay you! :) And that sneak preview I got of you all by this fireplace was SO cozy looking!