Blessed Season!

Whew what a crazy month yet a very blessed one as well! Going into December money was really tight! Our previous landlord shorted us $750 which I had planned to use for Christmas presents and travel. Well we scrimped on everything, did some serious bargain shopping, and limited our buying to kids only, no presents for any family and told them the same for us. The results were an ok Christmas for the kids but nothing great. Then the wonderful people in our lives started to come out of the woodwork! First Jeff's amazing aunt talked to the kids and got their wish lists. She picked the expensive items and informed us not to worry about it. She easily spent $500 on us way more than I ever have or would! Then one of Jeff's friends, that he has known since he was 8, called to tell him he and his company selected us to do a secret Santa for. My pride kicked in (of course) and I told him "no we are fine, the kids are fine". Jeff was more humble and gave him the list of items we weren't able to get for the kids... he filled in the holes. Needless to say my kids had one of the best Christmas' ever! We enjoyed a week in Utah enjoying the first Christmas morning ever with Jeff's sister and tons of creative time with the rest of his family. We even found time to zip up to Morgan to see our friends the Limbs (minus John...Stupid UPS!). Then on to Idaho Falls and my amazing sister who housed us for the next week. Snowmobiling, sledding, pictionary, and Just Dance II. Another amazing week. The trip lasted 2 weeks including 28 hours of driving and 2240 miles. Then another blessing, 3 days later we get a flat tire in our garage :). All that travel and a flat in the safety of the garage. The spare tire kept us mobile until the wonderful day of student loan deposits! Now we have 4 pretty new tires and money back in savings! Heavenly Father definitely watched over us! Thank goodness for the daily blessings.