Like I said, we're no Griswold family, but you get the point. Then we have my mom and dad's house. This year I am especially grateful for my brother-in-law, Michael. He put my parent's lights up on the house this year because my dad was going through radiation treatments and didn't have the energy. Mike knew how much my parents enjoy the lights at their house at Christmas time and so he took time out of his busy schedule to take that burden off of my dad to get them up. My kids especially like the candy cane walk way, it's like a magical sidewalk leading up to Grandma and Grandpa's house!!! I have vivid memories of going to bed in my house growing up during the month of December and staring at the lights through the blinds in my bedroom window until I fell asleep. I think our kids will be remembering some of these lights also!!!
And then you have Randy's parent's house. They have some really fun blow up decorations.
And also some really cute wood cutouts that Randy's dad cut out and a neighbor of theirs painted for his mom a couple of years ago. Out of all of these cute decorations, my absolute favorite is this one.
I love the idea of Santa kneeling down in respect and admiration of Baby Jesus. I am so grateful to get to see that cutout every Sunday when we go over in December. I will speak for myself and say that I sometimes get lost in the retail end of Christmas. When I see this display, it puts me right back in my spot and remember what we are really celebrating. The birth of Christ, our Savior.
I hope you enjoy the Christmas light displays as much as we do each year and let the light of Christ illuminate your life. Merry Christmas!!!
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I also like the Santa kneeling down to Christ!!!
I just wanted to comment on your last post. If this gives your Sister any comfort. My Brother and there wife are foster parents. They adopted there 3 year old 1 1\2 years ago after he was taken from his parents. They Love him so much and could not imagine life without him. Our Neighbors are also in the process of getting a 2 month old, from the foster system. I have seen many kids come and go from my brothers house. They have all been taken care of very well. Give your sister a big hug for us. You do know that if you wanted the baby you could step in without your nephew knowing. The State will give you the rights if know one else steps in first.
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