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Slow down time...

What a busy week coming up. 

We have something every single night.  I work tomorrow until 11:00. 
Tuesday is the Christmas band concert
Wednesday is scouts and Lee is probably working late
Thursday is an orchestra concert
Friday I work and a Christmas party at a friends home without the kids
Saturday is a basket ball clinic for Jake and Victoria's 5k and my work party (kids invited)

Christmas is finally coming together and I think we are almost done shopping for the kids.  We bought for Lee's family and I still need to shop for my family. 

Plus I still need to complete Christmas cards.  I ran out of stamps so only a few went out.  Not sure I am going to do them next year.  So much work and I don't love doing them the way I use to.  But I do like updating people on our lives. 

There are moments where I am becoming really stressed and there are moments where I am loving life.

Last night we went to "A night in Bethlehem" at our friend's Christian Church.  They played Mary and Joseph and it was pretty great.  You walk through the "town" and then saw the inn and the shepherd, and the angels and the wise man and then the baby where we left gifts that we had "purchased" in town.  It was quite the production. We went last year and they had made some changes which I think helped set the tone better but it meant more waiting in line. 



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