These are a few of my favorite things....

It's hard to believe that Christmas has come & gone. We finally got our tree up...(January says I should post that story, but I love my husband so i'm gonna keep our Christmas tree war to myself)...and it's time to take it down :( We were extremely busy just like everyone else i'm sure. We went to see my family, Brad's family, Grandparents, friends, and we ate something everywhere we stopped. It was really kinda gross...It's like we aren't even hungry, but hey there's food so lets eat! We had a blast watching everyone's faces light up & hearing their excitement as gifts were opened. We also were ecstatic to open our gifts as well......I sent Santa my wish list very early as usual, but it only had 1 thing on it this year! (I'm sure "Santa" almost had a heart attack).

I REALLY wanted a Wii Fit. Did I mention I love my Santa VERY much? My Christmas wish was granted! I'm well on my way to being champion of hula-hooping!!

Thanks mom & dad ;)

My other Christmas fave was the "Kitson" jacket that my Bradley gave me....(with the help of his mom who is a professional at shopping!) I L-O-V-E it!!! I think Brad was very pleased with his gifts as well. He got some golf "stuff" from my mom and dad, and new golf bag from his parents. We also got Guitar Hero World Tour!! So if you're ever near the Davis home, and you'd like to stop in and hear our band rock out that would be fine. We're pretty awesome ;) January & Patrick have decided to join I think. Jonas apparently loves it...he slept right through our band practice of beautiful tunes the other day. Overall our day of giving and recieving was perfect!

Here's the BEST part :)

We ALL know the TRUE meaning of Christmas...I absolutely love Max Lucado's book titled "One Incredible Moment". It's so real! Here's a snippet from my favorite chapter...

Untethered by time, God sees us all. From the backwoods of Virginia to the business district of London; from the Vikings to the astronauts, from the cave-dwellers to the kings, from the hut builders to the finger-pointers to the rock stackers, he sees us. Vagabond and ragamuffins all, he saw us before we were born.

And he loves what he sees. Flooded by emotion. Overcome by pride, the starmaker turns to us, one by one, and says, "You are my child. I love you dearly. I'm aware that someday you'll turn from me and walk away. But I want you to know, I've already provided a way back."

And to prove it, he did something extraordinary.

Stepping from the throne, he removed his robe of light and wrapped himself in skin: pigmented, human skin. The light of the universe entered a dark, wet womb. He whom angels worship nestled himself in the placenta of a peasant, was birthed into a cold night, and then slept on cow's hay.

Mary didn't know whether to give him milk or give him priase, but she gave him both since he was, as near as she could figure, hungry and holy.

Joseph didn't know whether to call him Junior or Father. But in the end he called him Jesus, since that's what the angel had said and since he didn't have the faintest idea what to name a God he could cradle in his arms....

Don't you think...their heads tilted and their minds wondered, "What in the world are you doing, God?" Or, better phrased, "God, what are you doing in the world?"

"Can anything make me stop loving you?" God asks. "Watch me speak your language, sleep on your earth, and feel your hurts. Behold the maker of sight and sound as he sneezes, coughs and blows his nose. You wonder if I understand how you feel? Look into the dancing eyes of the kid in Nazareth: that's God walking to school. Ponder the toddler at Mary's table; that's God spilling his milk."

"You wonder how long my love will last? Find your answer on a splintered cross, on a craggy hill. That's me you see up there, your maker, your God, nail-stabbed and bleeding. Covered in spit and sin-soaked.

"That's YOUR sin I'm feeling. That's YOUR death I'm dying. That's YOUR resurrection I'm living."

"That's how much I LOVE YOU."