Please Christmas don't be late

Christmas, Christmas time is here!!!!! Can you believe it is in just one week?! Obviously I can't. We get to leave for California in just a few days and can't wait to spend Christmas in California and to, of course, GO TO DISNEYLAND! This trip, however, we are spending the first week checking out the other local tourist sites, which I'm not sure actually exist, I mean is there really anything but Disneyland in California, I don't think so, I'm pretty sure it's a myth, like Bigfoot. BUT if it does exist, life beyond Disneyland, not Bigfoot, then we will have some good times indeed. We tried to convince grandpa to come with us but he has chosen to help hold the fort down at home, which I'm sure the cat appreciates.

Really though, how can it be a week till Christmas? Just a couple weeks from 2013. I'm not going to wax poetic or get all sappy but seriously, where has time gone and how do I rewind just a bit to enjoy some of those moments I rushed through? Okay that's it that's my "time is going to fast" bit for this post, I know it is a common theme for me, I guess I'm getting old(er) or something. Actually I just realized that I need to get Oscar a drivers handbook so he can get his permit and get his 40 hours of driving time in. Wow, things have changed since I got my license, or did I just have a different experience than many people. I got my permit the day I was allowed, I drove as much as possible, then the day I turned 16 I went and took my driving test and that was it, I was a licensed driver. (And yes the thought of my kids doing it that way freaks me out like not many thoughts can! Really that was it?! What were people thinking?)

We are all excited that Santa gets to visit us in California instead of Utah this Christmas though Lilli is a little sad we won't have snow. She was actually shocked to learn it doesn't snow in Disneyland…EVER!
"What?? Not even on Christmas Eve or Christmas day? How is that possible?" She incredulously asked not wanting to believe this could be true. Alas it is, and probably the very reason so many people flock to southern California.  So she has declared we must go build a sandman on Christmas since we can't build a snowman, I'll let you all know how it goes. :)

Okay now I have some recommendations;
1) Check out my food blog because I actually post to that fairly regularly so if you are looking for some good recipes that's a good stop because that is one of my loves, cooking.
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2) I have a few books that I've read lately that I love.

• The Girl of the Limberlost- by Gene Stratton Porter
• Freckles- by Gene Stratton Porter
• The hiding place- by Corrie Ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
• NurtureShock- by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (Non-fiction)
• Quiet: The power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking- by Susan Cain (Non-fiction)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone (For the 50th or so time)
• Little women (For the 1000th or so time)

That's about it for now. We are all merry and bright here, other than the occasional cold or stomach bug that seem to be a part of winter. I'll write up a new years post with a more detailed update on our crew after my vacation! Merry Christmas all!