I feel like I am sitting down with an old friend as I open my blog tonight. My new ballerina-style fuzzy slippers are warming my toes. I am finally drinking water after drinking exclusively spiced cider, marshmallow-cocoa or specialty coffee for last who-knows how many days.
Dry furnace air and hauling kids around makes me so thirsty, and yes, so does eating more baked goods more than ever thought possible. Okay, so not only am I in my new slippers…I am also in my husband’s old sweatpants recovering from Christmas.
I just want to take a moment to say my blog and my dear two readers 
have come to mean quite a lot to me in this giant cyberspace called the blog-o-sphere (a place where reflecting, dreaming and sharing stories happens everyday). So, thanks for reading.
I have been in a state of grief (loss of a loved one) blended with a state of joy (Christmas). I hope to share some fun-ness and a bit of not-so-fun with you as I remember a few things from this season over the next few posts.
On to the fun stuff…
So this is me…Messy Jessy. Hi! The fun-ness of this photo can be listed as such: my winter cap, that I always look forward to wearing; a lipstick, that was price-reduced on Black Friday – that makes my face remember I actually have lips; a pashmina scarf that happens to match the lipstick; and a tried and true snowboarding jacket which, now, only sees the slopes in my backyard (as seen below).
Here are my kid-lets Molly and Ry. Can I say, “Smile for mommy!”, any louder in this photo! They both obeyed my command to smile, but darned if they were going to take their eyes off of their new gingerbread house that was covered in candy, pretzels and sprinkles.
Ry tries catch a snowflake…that or he is licking a runny nose lip. Let’s go with the trying to catch a snow flake thing.
Grammy Kris (Neat Pete’s mom) helped us celebrate the Advent season in style. She made an advent wreath for us, using real pine sprigs. Risky candles, for someone so easily distracted as I, but well worth the extra attention I had to pay to the beautiful and spiritually meaningful fire hazard.
Grammy Lu sent an advent calendar in the mail. It was a treat to have a special delivery that was so fun to use all month long (calendar seen in the photo below, posted on the door in the background). Now all the prayer squares of our Advent calendar are open and….
We want to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
