Until then...

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone, we had our first snow of the season and basketball season has begun, among many other things.

We had a great time with family and friends over Thanksgiving. Our family traveled to Indiana for the holiday. We ate way too much, too many times. This trip was a sort of "two for one" as we will not be with our families over Christmas.

We arrived home on Monday evening and woke up Tuesday to snow that covered the ground. I am not a lover of snow, but there is something so beautiful and pure in that first snow. The kids are sad that it is now mostly gone.

The oldest two kiddos and my hubby have been back into the swing of basketball practices. This makes our afternoons and evenings a bit different right now. The boys practice right after school until 4:15 and that is when Aaron's team begins practice. Even though the boys are both on the Middle School team, they are actually on different teams: "A" and "B".  This means trying to keep three game schedules straight. Games start in the next week or so, and life will get even more interesting. I can only be at one event and there are some nights where all three will be in three different places. (I am struggling a bit with not being able to support each one, every game.)

We also have Christmas programs and extra activities in the next few weeks, plus my new boss (our church's new Lead Pastor) comes next week. It's kind of overwhelming to look at the calendar right now. On top of all the extras are the normal day to day things that we have going on, such as work, school, homework, etc... And then to add to the busy-ness of our lives we are planning for our trip to France. (For me, I also have to have everything prepped for the two Sunday's we will not be here.)

Due to all of the above, I don't have a lot of extra time so I am not going to be posting anything for awhile (not that I have been posting much lately anyway). However, the plan is that we will post from France to keep everyone up-to-date with our trip. Hopefully we can make this work. If not, I will post a bunch when we return. Until then, enjoy your family and take time to truly reflect on the reason we celebrate this season. Without the birth of Emmanuel, we would be without hope and peace.