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I am back together with all my girls!  The littles and I headed up to my parents' house on Thursday and Friday.  Let me just say that I am so glad that my brother and his family live almost exactly halfway between my house and my parents.  I could have made the 10-14 hour trip (if you have little ones you understand why the trip time could be either 10 or 14 hours) by myself, but I'm really glad I didn't have to.  We stayed the night Thursday night at my brother's.  When we got up Friday morning and ate breakfast I was washing our dishes and Baby Girl #3 asked if I had to wash the dishes.  I explained to her that when you visit someone's home it is always nice to leave the house as nice or nicer than when you got there.  That way if you ever want to visit again they will look forward to you coming instead of dreading it.  Then I told my brother about the conversation and informed him that I intend to be visiting a lot, whenever we travel back and forth to see the grandparents!  Luckily we all get along and our visits are always fun!

I miss Hubby a lot, but it is nice to be back with my parents and be getting ready to enjoy the week with my family.  Hubby told me a little while ago that one of our elders told him today that he should come up here this week so that he could be with us for Christmas even though technically he doesn't have the vacation time to be able to do that.  Unfortunately, Hubby has a funeral to do in Houston this week so he couldn't come up anyway, but it means so much to us that our elders offered to let him take the extra time.  It's nice that they feel that way even though we've only be there for about 4 months.  This move has been tough on us, but things like that make it easier to feel like we're really a part of the congregation. 

So now I have all the presents wrapped, goodies made and bag unpacked.  All that is left is to unwrap all the gifts and enjoy spending time with family.  I'm looking forward to not having to do anything that I don't actually want to!  I hope all of you have a wonderful week filled with love and laughter.  To any of you who are having a difficult time due to a loss or dealing with any depression, I may not know exactly who you are or what you are dealing with, but I will be praying for you.