Happy Christmas!

As you can see, I have been in the United Kingdom for awhile and am happy to wish you all a very happy, happy Christmas. Our lives are seldom what we would have predicted, but if we take the time to look around us, we will realize how blessed we are. No matter where we find ourselves, we have great opportunities, if we will only take advantage of them.

Well, Ian has finally asked about Santa Clause. It seems that he saw his mom buying one of the gifts Santa brought this morning. We spent a long time trying to separate things he had seen from the others but we got caught. His older cousin told him last year that there wasn't a Santa Clause but he didn't want to believe something like that. He crawled into bed with me this morning after his mom had gone to work because he had something he wanted to talk about. I knew he was too smart not to realize the reality, but we wanted the magic to continue as long as possible. After we talked for awhile, he said that he didn't care if parents supplied the presents or not. He would continue to believe in Santa just like his Mom and Dad and then fell asleep.

Last night we had a wonderful celebration at Keri's mom's home in Little Rock. Everyone was well enough to enjoy the evening. My mom went with us and had a good time with Keri's family. The theme (yes Virginia, there is always a theme) was a German Christmas and the food was wonderful. Keri had to work yesterday and today so we planned everything around her time. Mom, Ian and I are going to the Weaver's for awhile this afternoon and then we will have our Christmas when Keri gets home tonight.

I hope that Santa was good to you all (yes, there is a Santa and he will continue to come to the Tullos house no matter what anyone else believes). I wish for you all a little calm in your busy lives. As Tiny Tim said, "God bless us everyone."