Getting Ready for the Holidays

Well, it's the weekend before Thanksgiving. All this past week it has been cold, and we decided to have a light week with homeschool to gear up for the holidays. We decided to get started early on spending time having fun with each other instead of waiting until Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. That's what the holidays have always been about to me--having fun with family on a special day. So I started thinking...shouldn't that be more often?

When I think of all the blessings God has given me--my husband, my children, the opportunity to homeschool, family, friends, the list goes on and on--I realize that a celebration of those things shouldn't be set aside for only a few days out of the year. We should celebrate those blessing every day!! We should also set aside our work (and school) a little more often so that we can enjoy one another.

So we cut our school work down last week and started cleaning the house early. So this week, the week of Thanksgiving, the work is almost all done, and we will have more time for each other and the rest of our family. The Nashville Halls are coming to visit! We have been planning menus and sleeping arrangements and fun activities for when they are here. That is really what the holidays are all about anyway--family and fun, not the food or the fuss. Thank you Lord for reminding us that You came, not just so that we should have Life, but that we should have Life More Abundantly!! Praise God for His love and His abundance!!

Remember to enjoy your family, not just the holidays!!!