Ho Ho Ho!

WOW... another miraculously successful Christmas Crusade!!!! Despite the economy, our listeners... YOU... came through for the less fortunate in our community. 300 families and senior citizens were served... over one thousand people total will recieve Christmas gifts, clothing and a Christmas meal because of your generosity. And then, you answered the call for the "Least of These" in Christian County and provided for another 80 families and 50 senior citizens there. Everyone here at KTTS is humbled by it all and incredibly thankful. So let me say again, THANK YOU!!!! Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without the KTTS listeners... what a blessing you are.... never forget that!

Well, I'm getting ready to spend a "restful" week at home with my boys... (is there really such a thing as rest once you have kids?)... taking a week of vacation over Christmas. It all starts off with the family Christmas dinner and gift exchange on Sunday with the Mansfield group and then we'll be doing the traditional Christmas baking of the cookies on Christmas Eve... always Neiman Marcus cookies (yeah, right) and snickerdoodles. We make dozens and then eat till we're sick! We'll head out to church that evening for the candle light ceremony and then Christmas morning will probably come a little later this year... after all, the boys are now both teenagers and can't seem to wake up before noon anymore! (At least I'm hoping they sleep in a little). After presents, we'll share a big Christmas morning breakfast and then Ted says I should cook a turkey for Christmas dinner... he actually wanted me to cook a turkey AND a ham, but that's just a little too much for three people!!! However, I do feel like I should just put feed bags on both the boys... they are constantly hungry and never seem to fill up! Let's see, they also want to fit in Silver Dollar City next week and so we'll try to get down there to see the lights... beautiful!

So, that's my plans... hope yours are just as fun and filled with love and joy and hope and peace... all the gifts of Advent. No matter what's under the tree, may the spirit of Christmas be continually found in your heart today and every day! Merry Christmas and in case I don't blog before then, Happy New Year!