In my excitement, I haven’t a clue what to write about. You see, the baby’s napping happily in his swing, the two older kids are quietly playing, and I’ve been itching to write something much more substantial than five or so sentences about what I’m grateful for. We have the Christmas tree up and decorated, we have our fancy stockings put up (they were hand-made and aren’t going to be stuffed by Santa as he’d be too scared to break them), and our Christmas wreathe is now gracing the wall. We will need to get up the stuffing stockings and decorate our front door — we’re going to do the same thing that won us a prize last year.
Today is Tim Tebow’s last home game ever as a Florida Gators quarterback. Sure, he’s going to be a Gator for the rest of his life, but he won’t be playing for us at home anymore. It’s been an interesting four years with him playing on our team, and we’ve returned to the days of glory. He’s been an athelete that I feel sets a good example for children in this age of steroids, dog-fighting, and gun-toting. Seriously, most atheletes these days set a poor example for kids (and don’t even get me started on other types of celebrities). Today, we’re sending him out with one last victory against our rivals, Florida State. I do get quite competitive each year when we face them.
With only five weeks left in 2009 — and the 00s, for that matter — I feel compelled to reflect upon this year. Of course, I will save that for a later date because it’s still November. Hurricane season will be ending, cold fronts will be chilling, and cookies will be baking. I’m looking forward to our first Christmas as a completed family of five.
Yay! You have so much to look forward to. I’m more than a little jealous over the decorating…and you’ll soon understand why. So glad your life is going so well.