3 More Days

Last night I arrived at my son Jason's home a little early for our family get together and both he and Jamie were finishing up some last minute details, so I was entertained by my youngest grandson Tyler. We talked about many things and he made sure that I was up on all the facts about getting my stocking filled from Santa. We were talking about our Christmas Eve tradition of decorating cookies for Santa and he explained to me that I needed to decorate some this year too, and just where to put them; right in front of my stocking and then when I awoke in the morning my stocking would be filled with goodies from Santa. He layed it all out for me in great detail. I love the wonder in the eyes of children. Everyone had planned on going to the Mesa temple lights, but it was really raining hard so we had a family evening after our dinner. I read the story "The Light of Christmas" by Richard Paul Evans. It is a wonderful story about the light of Christmas being inside of each of us as we share ourselves, for the flame must first burn from within us. Jason shared a story of Christmas when he was on his mission in Ecuador, Steve shared the history of the Christmas tree and why it is used in our celebrations. Kristan had some fun riddles about Christmas songs. We all shared what our favorite Christmas song was. then my grandaughter Maddy ended the evening by playing a Christmas song on her cello. It was a wonderful evening.