Today I finally gave in and put away all my Christmas decorations. I was delaying it a bit partly because my brother, sister and nephew were supposed to come into town this weekend to celebrate a late Christmas. And partly because I just wasn’t ready to let go of the season yet! I swear, this year was so busy and went by so fast that I got into the spirit of things pretty late and therefore have had a hard time getting back to the normal routine.

Whenever I drive by a house that still has lights up, I feel better because I’m sure they don’t want to let go of the season either. Although, its most likely that they are probably just being lazy. But either way, it has been a strange transition. My hubby is happy to have things back to normal, but let’s be honest. He’s not one to really be all that excited about Christmas anyway, so its sort of expected.

My brother, sister and adorable nephew didn’t make it into town either. The weather was crazy out here – the most rain we’ve seen in awhile! Which actually has been really refreshing. We are definitely enjoying the wet weather for a change. We stayed inside most of the day, but ran a couple errands and it was fun being outside with the sky falling. We ran around, trying to stay dry knowing that we really couldn’t. But yeah, we figured it would be safer for the kids to come another weekend. Hopefully within the month.

Sometimes it is really hard being away from your family for months at a time. And when we do see each other, its always these very brief visits. But whether its for a day or an hour, I love to see them whenever possible. Especially the nephew. He’s only 2 months old and each picture I see he looks different. I want to squeeze him every day, but I’ll make up for that when they get here!