Christmas 2009

This was my Christmas Letter this year.

Did this year go by slowly or quickly for you? I was thinking about how quickly it went by when I was hunting for the Christmas stockings last week. They were still in the kids bedrooms as I never got around to putting them away last YEAR. Has it really been a year? Wow. It went by so fast.

How slowly it went during that first Sunday after Tayla left for BYU. I missed her so much. I think the year slowed down after she had gone. I also felt the length between paychecks much more keenly and that made the year go by more slowly as well.

The summer vacation went by quickly. One moment we were enjoying a lovely reunion and wedding with my family in Utah and then I was hurrying to buy uniforms for Ben, Hyrum and Tacie to start at their new charter school and now those very clothes are already starting to wear out.

The time passed slowly the nights I waited for Carder to finish his play practice and for Micah or Mariah to finish up at an activity or at a friends house.
I spent a lot of minutes that felt like hours waiting in the car this year.

Quickly passes the time after the kids leave for school before I have to pick them up in the afternoon. I have big plans for all the cleaning etc..I am going to get done but it seems like I only have time to get myself and Sam ready for our day, run a few errands, throw in a load of laundry or dishes and it is time to grab them again. Then the evening flies by with homework, dinner, and my shift at work.

Slowly passes the time I try to spend exercising. 20 minutes feels like an hour when I am on my Gazelle exerciser. Slowly passes the time between meals when I am trying to watch what I eat!

How quickly passes the time when I am on the computer. Hours go by like minutes when I am facebooking, ebaying, or emailing.

AND…how precious the moments I spend reading the scriptures and praying to my Heavenly Father, thanking Him for His many blessings and asking for the strength to keep going in hard times and to keep my testimony bright.

My wish for myself and all of you this year is a few moments of peace and quiet spent contemplating the amazing scene you witnessed as an angel over 2000 years ago. I hope that the spirit will help those moments last for hours, even days as we enjoy the peace the spirit brings this time of year.

Love, -deBBie Nicholas (and the family)
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