A girl never gets too old to sit on Santa’s knee and share her secret wish list.  While Santa couldn’t promise that my book would be published, he did provide some invaluable advice on how to get it done.  Christmas for the Wilcox’s began Christmas Eve and went on for several days after, as Captain Matt had to fly Christmas Day.  No problem, we adjusted our time together to Austin over the days after Christmas ~ when life hands you lemons:)  Two things Austin always offers:  cold weather at Christmas time and great places to eat out.

As we sat on Laura and Tres’s sectional enjoying the fire, we shared our gifts one-by-one.  As we watched each other open his gift, we savored the expression of enjoyment on the face of the recipient.  Now that we are 7, with the 2 grandchildren, it takes the better part of the morning.  No problem, our stockings provided the traditi0nal nuts and fruits to go with Laura’s wassail.  With 2 toddlers and 2 family dogs, there wasn’t a quiet moment.  Ivy ran back and forth on her new floor piano while Hazel whizzed around on her Frozen cycle.  Since it was actually a few days after Christmas, when it got really crazy we threw the family in the minivan and headed for Hula Hut’s near the end of 6th Street.  Great Tex-Mex overlooking Lake Austin, but the coup de grace was the synchronized musical light show provided by the next door coffee shop.  God truly blessed us every one this year.