MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

For many of you, these will be repeat pictures….but some of you did not receive the ever-coveted Caucutt Christmas card or letter, and I don’t want anyone to feel left out. So I thought I would post an e-Christmas card. This is partially due to my laziness and partially due to my lack of organization–either way, I did not get around to all of my Christmas plans this year and that is o.k.!! I am trying to daily remind myself that cookies and cards and pictures and gifts are not what this season is really about…..I want my kids to understand that Christmas should not involve stress and pressure, but should be a time to slow down and remind ourselves of what Christ did for us.
I hope that each of you is able to slow down at the end of this year, and reflect on Christ’s gift to us–not His coming as a baby, but His eternal gift of life! All of the fun and meaningful traditions that accompany this day are nice–but I want my focus to be on why we really celebrate this season. I can celebrate Christmas because Christ has given me a new and abundant life!
Enjoy your Christmas, whether with family and/or friends!!! I am thankful for the way in which each of you touches my life!

"It’s the most wonderful time of the year!"

Well, Thanksgiving is over and we are on to the busiest month of the year (in my opinion). I am sorry for the lack of blogging and picture posting as of late…..we flew out to Idaho to visit my family over Thanksgiving, and our lovely (free) cheap digital camera broke somehow on the way out. (I am blaming the airlines, but Josh thinks it was just time for the piece of junk to give out.) So…we have no pictures to document our fun time with family, and now we are heading into prime picture-taking season without a camera! Hopefully we will hit Best Buy soon, so I can get back in the groove of snapping insessant (sp.?) pictures of my children. Gretchen has been requesting them, so I will try to oblige soon.
One of the fun times I missed on camera was the first big snow of the year. We received around 6 inches, and the girls were thrilled to don all of their winter gear and head out for some playtime. I love children in snowsuits and mittens, not to mention fleece hats that seem to be an addiction with me. The girls were adorable making snow angels and helping me shovel. (And throwing snow at each other whenever they were angry about something….. Cherubs, I tell ya.) Hopefully I have painted a charming mental picture, and that will hold you over until the time that I can again post real pictures!
Enjoy each moment of this season, as we lead up to the celebration of our Saviour’s birth for us!