Hot Coco AKA Family Time

Last night I came up with an idea on the spot! I was making some hot chocolate and said out loud "I am making some hot coco" and Abby replied "Me too" which was followed by my wife saying "I want some too". Normally my wife does work at night from home. But I said that everyone had to stop what they were doing and

join me at the table for some Family Hot Coco time!
So we put on some Christmas music, had some Christmas cookies
and had our Hot Coco time! Man, I love CHRISTMAS!
Here are some of the pictures taken during the cookie making process!
I hope everyone is having a blessed Advent Season!

Thanks for reading
~ Justin

O Christmas Tree

For the past 4 years my family and I have gone to cut down our own Christmas Tree. The past 3 years we have gone to the same Christmas tree farm and no matter how hard we try we end up doing the same thing every year. We walk around and spot a tree that we all agree is nice, perfect shape, and size. But for some reason we don't cut it down instead we remember where it is and fall into the curse of looking for a “more perfect” tree; only to come back to the original tree that we agreed upon.

Well, the same thing this year! We get there and we start looking for the “PERFECT TREE”. My wife and I agree on one but we decided to keep looking just in case. Then the unthinkable happens!!! My wife notices a family arrives and starts admiring “our” tree so panic kicks in. We are watching them and hope that they fall under the same find a “more perfect tree” curse. Low and behold they decide to mark the tree with a weed and some other things and then they keep looking.

Well, we nonchalantly move in to get our tree, and while we are in the middle of cutting it down the family comes around the corner. Of course we have now gotten the tree down and going through our normal traditions of pictures and being proud of our amazing find. But it was a little awkward seeing them walk around looking for their “perfect tree” only to see some strangers posing in front of it. I am sure that they found a suitable tree for their home. I think maybe next year I will just stand by our original tree and wait for my wife to walk around and come back to me!

Below are some of the photos.
I hope you enjoy the Christmas Music

Thanks for reading
~ Justin

Advent Season

When I was a child, I never really did anything with advent or an advent calendar.

My wife, on the other hand, has a rich family tradition when it comes to Christmas.

Although I give her a hard time about some of traditions,

I am actually blessed that she has this tradition and is passing it onto our children.

I am also blessed that at the heart of every tradition,

my family keeps Jesus as the center of this season.

My mother-in-law got Abby a wonderful gift this year.

It is a little Christmas tree as an advent calendar.

This little tree comes with a book where you can read

different parts of the Christmas story.

It is really cute and Abby really loves it.

Here are the photos I took the other night.

(She put most of the ornaments on already. She couldn't wait to do only one each day!)

Thanks for reading & have a wonderful Christmas
~ Justin

Christmas... What a wonderful season...

So here are a few reasons why I love Christmas...

1. You get to decorate a tree!

2. Giving and Receiving gifts

3. Friends and Family
(everyone is nicer, because you know who is keeping a list)


4. Office Parties!!!!
(Which always involves great food and bonuses)


5. It was my dad's favorite time of year...
(I remember he would dress up like Santa every year and I always believed it was really Santa!!!) I believe in the Santa in the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe not today's commercialized one...

6. And Now I have two gifts from Heaven that came around Christmas...



7. Of Course because the greatest gift was given over 2000 years ago...
"Jesus is the Reason for the Season"

I hope your holiday season is a joyous one... Thanks for Reading

Have A Wonderful Christmas Season

This is a video that I created with some of my photos and a great song by Ray Charles...
Thanks for reading (watching)
Justin