A Decade of Christmases

This December found us celebrating a 10th (!!!) Christmas here in our desert town with the community here.  What used to feel foreign has now become very much our own set of traditions and memories as a family.  Grandma’s Almond Rocca and Omi’s Stollen, stories and scriptures, our old felt advent calendar, visits to local friends and a community Christmas program…all of this makes 10 years feel like a precious gift.  This year, we took the whole month off of some of our school schedule to focus on Advent, particularly Handel’s Messiah and to take time for creativity…Also, Evan lost his first tooth on Christmas Eve, allowing Santa and the Tooth Fairy to sleigh-pool and brewing much excitement in our house.