19 December 2011

Finding that Christmas Spirit

Our house is decorated for Christmas, but it still doesn't feel like it's the Christmas season.  Maybe it's because our family is split this year? Last year was the first year that we had all of the kids together.  Add to that a newborn.  We didn't have much money.  But there were gifts under the tree and lots of love.  Being a blended family means making new traditions.  The question is, do you follow those traditions even when you're not complete?  I think so.  

We're almost done with the gift shopping.  My favorite part of gift shopping is for the stocking stuffers.  I don't know why.  I think it's because I can get the cute little funny things that my family loves without it seeming too cheesy.  I went to a holiday faire at the Blaisdell center.  I thought it was supposed to be a craft fair. It was a lot like the swap meet at Aloha Stadium.  I found a Hello Kitty lanyard for Annika, peppermint soap from Filthy Farmgirl and a keychain.  Cute stuff for stockings.  I'm too excited to wait for Christmas!

After the faire, we went to Ala Moana.  Ala Moana is a huge outdoor mall in Honolulu.  Amber had to pick up Star Wars cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma.  While I was there, I picked up a gift for Travis' that I know he will love! Of course I went to BBW while we were there and I got more anti-bacterial gel as a stocking stuffer. I'm addicted.  We ate lunch at Bubba Gump.

It was a fun girls day out that I needed!  I think I'm finding that Christmas spirit in a different way.  Traditions are what I make of them and it isn't up to anybody else to get me into the spirit.  Traditions are adaptable.  Life isn't always perfect and if I have the mindset that it has to be, I will be disappointed.  

Life is exactly as it should be.

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