I know what Christmas is all about

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

December Fun

We celebrated the festive season last weekend with baking cookies, looking at lights and going to the movies. First, I took the girls to see Enchanted, we LOVED IT! Such a girl movie and I have all 3 of them loving the romantic stuff just like me. Saturday night we drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside. This is a hotel built in the early 1900's, it sits on an entire city block. For Christmas they go all out on the light and Christmas displays. There are horse drawn carriages, and Dickens Carolers walking around. We brought Vivian with us and she and Charlie just loved it. It was cold and did start to rain but we had walked around all of it by then anyway. On Sunday the girls and I baked. We made 1 rum cake, a gingerbread house and seven different kinds of cookies. Our challenge was keeping Charlie out if everything. I really don't want to know how much sugar he ended up eating, I am sure it would be terrifying. At one point when I was cleaning up I thought Charlie and our dog Bailey were ganging up on me. I would chase 1 away while the other one would be sneaking something else.

December Break

We haven't had too many chances to take the RV out this year which makes us a little sad. We had no plans the first weekend in December so Terry, Charlie and I made a trip to the beach for a little down time. The weather was wonderful, but I have to say anything with Charlie involved isn't really relaxing anymore. But we had fun.