ooooooh! guess what!

i had the realization today that

THERE ARE 4(ish) DAYS TIL XMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how exciting is that?!!!!

ok so i think one of my favorite memories of christmas is when i was a lot younger and we (my family-mom, dad, and my brother chris) would go to church on christmas eve for the late service...the last thing we would do is have a candle-lit moment singing silent night and then just pure awesome slience with the twinkling of silent night comming from the organ...and then...in the lobby on the way out the door there baby jesus would be...laying on his manger in the small nativity they had...there was something really magical about baby jesus "appearing" only after that service, even when i was older and realized that someone put him out...it still felt like in a way he was re-appearing for a while...so...
may you all be able to remember and feel that kind of quiet awe this year...have some great christmas's! :)

peace to all!