Christmas is almost here....

Today, the kids and I wrapped presents for nearly four hours!!! I would wrap, Shelby would write name tags and help tap and Ethan was in charge of bows. It was so cute to see them working together to get the gifts under the tree... We have so much family that with all those gifts under the tree it looks like Santa already hit our house!!! lol... We wrapped them all, and as I looked at the tree I felt a sense of happiness me and my little elves had created this beautiful tree and all its gifts, there was no fighting or my mind wondering just me and my babies sharing something special.

When we were done, I went on the hunt for the video camera... lol which wasn't easy considering it never seems to be where I left it. Anyways, Ethan's school performance is tomorrow and I want to record it because he's so cute and because his dad is in Arizona working and is gonna miss it. So of course it needed to be charged, and I had to find a tape with room and as got it all setup for the morning me and the kids decided to watch one of the tapes. It just happen to be the year Dylan I split up the kids were so little and so cute... But what caught my heart most is this one part it was Christmas, we were decorating our first tree in our new apartment, Shelby must have been maybe 4, she was getting ready to put on an ornament that was her daddy's and she said to the camera " I want to put this on my tree because it was my dad's and we don't live together anymore and I want to look at it and remember him everyday" Oh my gosh break my heart!!! Kids are so real they just say what's on their mind with no filter or hesitation. It must have been so hard on them.
Besides that little heartbreaking moment, we walked down the year of baseball parties, heart light performances, peace builder awards and our first camping trip. OH and Kayla singing in the talent show so freaking cute!!! Wow how the kids have grown, what it really made me think is how much I have missed. I really haven't done any video tapping or even documenting in their books since Dylan and I have separated but what I realized is that I really want them to have something to look back on remembering their childhood and how much I truly love them and our family. So New Years resolution document more of my kids, start doing their books again and treasure every moment with them. They are my future and my heart!!!