Update

Martin went back to the hospital today just for blood work. He won't know any results until Tuesday when he meets with his doctor. For now he is just taking it easy.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas. After a couple of snow storms, the ground is covered with snow and there is a chill in the air. The girls ask million times a day how many days until Christmas. To me it is so hard to give an exact number. Do you include that day, especially if it is first thing in the morning. Do you include Christmas day to the count? I never know which is exactly right, maybe that is why they continue to ask all day long, my answer might be changing.

My most favorite thing about Christmas time is the music. I love to hear it and sing it. I absolutely love to go to church the Sunday before Christmas and sing all the Christmas carols. My biggest disappointment is when I have a cold on Sunday and can not sing. I tried so hard today but a lot of the notes just came out breaking all over the place, how embarrassing. One upside was that someone sang my favorite song, O Holy Night. I think it is almost the most beautiful Christmas song ever written. The song filled me with a peace that I was searching and yearning for ever since I sat down for Sacrament today. It was at that moment that I remembered why I was in church for such a special day. I remembered that Christ came to this earth to teach us the gospel not only by his words but by his example. I remembered that we do not celebrate this time of year for the presents or decorations but because we celebrate Him. I know my Savior lives, that he loves me and that he is and always will be a part of my life. Merry Christmas everyone!