"Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives as parallel realities. It is our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend...when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present- love, health, family, friends, work, joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth."


Jan 31, 2010

A Pink Bike or a Train for Christmas

Halle wanted either a pink bike or a train track for Christmas. She finally settled on the pink bike, which Santa miraculously brought her even though she refused to sit on his lap and tell him that's what she wanted.

But she still got to play with trains because her cousins got a big train set for Christmas. Thanks Nixon and Rett for sharing your Christmas present with Halle.

These pictures were actually taken the weekend before Christmas, but it was part of our Christmas celebration with Neal's side of the family. I stole these from Anneka's blog since my camera battery died that night.
After dinner, we decorated brownie houses . . . and had a few candies to eat too.
The kids were playing "sleeps" on the mattress in the spare room. They love to get all the fleece blankets together they can find and snuggle up for some pretend sleeping.
Then we opened presents from Grandma. She always gets them new jammies, which is great. We had a difficult time getting them all to stop focusing on the tree and turn around so we could get a picture.

But they are all so cute in their new PJ's. Thanks Grandma.