Seriously, today was pure goodness. This morning I went with my cousin Heidi and her neighbor to the elementary school in their area. Heidi's neighbor's daughter (wow, that's a mouthful) was doing a little presentation about Christmas in the Netherlands in her 3rd Grade class and asked if I would come and share a few things. It was so much fun to be able to share a little bit of the Dutch culture and to be able to reflect on my last two Christmas seasons in the Netherlands...those were such good times. Anyway, I just want to say thank you to Heidi for providing that opportunity for me! It was so good to see you and Jet and Mark today.
Afterwards, I did a little planning with my Mom and then we headed out shopping. Shopping, shopping shopping...it never ends! We did most of our grocery shopping for the next week and we had a lot of fun doing it. With my Mom, you just can't go wrong! Our main focus of the shopping was for this evening. A while back we decided that we wanted to invite a few widows from our ward to come to our house for an evening to share the Christmas spirit with them. We wanted to make it a special night for them so we pulled out the Christmas china and made a delicious ham dinner. Tonight was probably one of the highlights of this Christmas season so far. For a second, time just stood still and we were just able to enjoy the moment together. After dinner we gathered around the piano and sang Christmas carols. It was just beautiful! I love these three women, Addie, Idonna, and Joy, so much and it was a blessing for me and my family to have them over. It truly was pure goodness.
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