LIFE

Today, at Abby's request, I taught/played the classic board game LIFE with my kids. It was a blast. I'm so glad I put aside all the need-to-dos in my mind and enjoyed the time with my kids.

Towards the beginning, a conversation with Harvey-

I can't WAIT to get Married!!

Who DO you want to marry when you grow up Harvey?

The Crossing Lady!

(laughing)Why the crossing lady?

She's really nice but, sometimes I forget to give her a hug.

Not too far in, I traded 4 LIFE tiles for the 100,000$ salary. Shortly afterwards, Abby landed on a trade salary space. I pointed out that mine was the highest and took a big pay-cut. A little after that, Harvey landed on a trade salary space. I pointed out Abby had the biggest salary, and she took a 30% pay cut. Which resulted in tears for the next few rounds. Until she landed on ANOTHER trade salary space, and giggled delightedly. We finished up just in time for her to go to Activity Days.

Who won? HARVEY. That boy had the biggest good luck streak I have ever seen, lol. He found buried treasure, won the marathon, was the 'Tech' and got 50,000 a couple times when the spinner went wonky. There was plenty more good luck in there. Abby came in for a close 2nd, but she had gone to college, and had to pay that back. She was pretty wise in her decisions- not buying a house when she was super broke, buying insurance, etc.

Harvey was just l-u-c-k-y.

Go ahead, get out a game and play with your kids. It's so very worth the time. The house, it will still be messy later (even if you clean instead)

A little Christmas Miracle

Little Christmas miracle today- Almost 2 years ago, I bought a Nativity (I <3 Nativities) in Mexico while Jeff and I were on a cruise, right after Christmas. I think I was a bit baby brained last Christmas, because it didn't get brought out at all. When Jeff pulled out the decorations this year, I remembered.

I definitely wanted to find it and set it up this year, but I didn't know at all where I had put it. Probably in my closet, but my closet is FULL of secrets right now. I didn't relish the idea of digging through there. So, when I said my prayers this morning I asked for a little help to find the Nativity. I opened my closet (to get socks), glanced up, and saw a big shoe box, that I hadn't noticed recently. 'I bet that's it' I thought. I pulled it down- and sure enough! My Mexican Nativity was all wrapped up neatly in newspapers in the shoe box. Heavenly Father answered my prayer in less than 2 minutes. I got right back on my knees to thank him.

It's a small thing, and wouldn't have mattered if I hadn't found it. However, I can not deny that Heavenly Father hears prayers and cares enough to pay attention to me, even for some little thing. I think he was just showing me that- He's Here. How blessed we are to have Him and that He sent his Son!

Merry Christmas all!