We had a great Christmas and made it through without too much stress. Christmas day was very enjoyable. Collin was up at the usual 8:30am. We headed downstairs to see what Santa left for us. Collin opened one gift, a race track, and immediately lost interest in anything else. He played with that and then decided he would rather eat than open gifts so his gift opening was spread out pretty much throughout the day. I'd rather he open the gifts on his own time so he gets to actually pay attention to what he is getting rather that just throwing it aside and opening the next one. I spent hours picking out good educational toys that will encourage him to learn while he plays and of course his favorite was the toy dad picked out on a random trip to Walmart, a "Cars" racetrack-he's never even seen the movie! Whatever makes him happy! We were able to spend the whole day at home which was really nice. Peyton and Alexis were able to hang out for a while before going home. Collin absolutely loves when they are here. I have a feeling Peyton is going to follow in his father's footsteps when it comes to being Mr. Entertaining. Collin thinks he is so funny and tries to copy everything he does. Collin loves to hang out in Peyton's room when he's not here and play with all of his stuff. I'm sure Peyton hates coming back and having his room rearranged a la Collin every time but some of his old toys are getting a second go around which is a good thing!
Collin and Wyatt took a nice long nap together and then Nana and Pop came over with more gifts!! Too much!! I did forget one minor detail in my Christmas planning. I had Christmas Eve dinner planned and Christmas breakfast but failed to plan for Christmas dinner. We usually have leftovers from our big dinner on Christmas Eve but not this year so we decided to have Christmas pizza. Unfortunately for us no pizza places were open. I'm so sure there are no pizza places open on Christmas-what are these people doing, enjoying their families or something?lol Oh well, we survived! It was a really nice day just staying home and relaxing. It is very rare for all of us to have a whole day at home together so it was extra enjoyable!
I now have a Wii Fit so I have no excuse not to exercize. I'll let you know how it goes. I'll have to figure out how to turn it on and set it up first!! Well, off to work-Christmas is officially over =*(
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009
My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy
I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
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