Merritt Memories

We celebrated Christmas in our brand new house!! Our first time having a fireplace. We actually hung our stockings on the mantel. We really tries to scale down Christmas this year. We say we are going to every year, but I feel we did well this year. We really want our children to know and understand that Christmas is more than presents. Each kid received 3 presents this year. One from parents, one form siblings, and one from Santa. Even with less, they still enjoyed the holiday! our family Christmas card picture Ryan  Aaron Grace Kate Becca Britten

I was cleaning my little girls' room the other morning. Becca was in there. She was writing in her new journal that she had bought herself- she, and I, was pretty proud of the purchase. She asked me if I would like to see what was inside. I said, "Of course!" She pulled the key from her pillow case, the perfect hiding spot!   She opened to the first page. She had made a list. A to-do list. It read:   Becca's to do list   1. watch baby 2. help Kate 3. draw cakes   I got a chuckle out of her cute, little list. I knew she had done everything on it. She always watches the baby and helps Kate. The next three pages were drawings of her beautiful cakes. I was a little jealous of her list. How nice would it be for my list to resemble hers?   I think sometimes as adults we complicate our lives to the extreme. We fill our time with things that need to be done, but often find things that aren't quite so pressing are eating up the remainde...