Merry Christmas {Eve} Eve!

Is not this the cutest ornament ever?!?!?
My mom and I went visiting teaching today.
And every year we have gotten homemade ornaments from one of the ladies we visit.
She is so super talented {as you can tell}
It's me in the chair...haha...I love it!
{love the bangs and especially the glasses}

Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve?
Sneaks up on you so fast!
I have a half day of work and then SHOPPING!
{as tomorrow is pay day, luckily}

"For many people, “overdoing it” is especially common at this time of the year. We may take on too much for the time and energy we have. Perhaps we don’t have enough money to spend for those things we feel we must purchase. Often our efforts at Christmastime result in feeling stressed out, wrung out, and worn out during a time when instead we should feel the simple joys of commemorating the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem.

Finding the real joy of the season comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done or in the purchasing of obligatory gifts. Real joy comes as we show the love and compassion inspired by the Savior of the World, who said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ... ye have done it unto me.”

At this joyous season, may personal discords be forgotten and animosities healed. May enjoyment of the season include remembrance of the needy and afflicted. May our forgiveness reach out to those who have wronged us, even as we hope to be forgiven. May goodness abound in our hearts and love prevail in our homes."

--Thomas S. Monson {from here}