It's a Wonderful Life

You know that scene in "It's a Wonderful Life" where Jimmy Stewart's kids are going crazy, running around, asking him questions, and his daughter is playing a Christmas tune on the piano? Then he asks his wife, "Why did we have so many kids?" Our house was a bit like that this evening. Except that we have almost twice the kids. Will, Rachie and the twins were running around, as usual. Ryan was playing "Jingle Bells" on the piano and Glen was playing "Silent Night" on the harmonica. Tristan was grumpy and fussing quite a bit. It was so loud - all of it was so loud. The twins alone have no volume control whatsoever.


Today I took my car in to get serviced. On the drive there I saw a helicopter land at the hospital and some motor cross guys almost jumped into the road from their track. Well, not quite, but they scared me. I need brakes; pads and rotors, alignment, a new brake light (which I got pulled over for Saturday night) and an oil change. Not exactly the Christmas present I wanted to give myself, but there ya go...


Here are some pictures from Vance's buck. He cooked the liver with onions this evening. The only one who ate it besides him was Will - what a good boy.


























Christmas Treasures of the Heart


How to say "Merry Christmas" in 10 different languages.


French: Joyeau Noel
Spanish: Felix Navidad
Danish: Glaedelig Jul
Finish: Houska Joulua
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Swedish: God Jul
Italian: Buon Natale
Russian: S Rozhdestvom Kristovym
German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Japanese: Meri Kurisumasu