The Wonder and Magic of Christmas

I remember Christmas morning as a kid. My mom went to great lengths to make Christmas amazing! I remember not being able to sleep the night before because I knew the excitement that would come when I ran downstrairs in the morning. My eyes practically popped out of my head when I saw what was under the tree. 

Most of our gifts would be wrapped but some not, and we would scream out the things we saw that we knew were ours, "ahhh my Pocahontas Barbie!" Yes, I wanted that doll so bad one year, I took the store advertisements out of the newspaper & left them on mom's bathroom vanity every morning with a big red circle around Pocahontas so that she knew, without a doubt, what I wanted. 

On Christmas morning, mom would make us all stand in front of the tree before we opened anything and just, look. She wanted to see us marvel at everything. It really was magical! 

This year, it's my turn to see Hailey get lost in the wonder. I can't wait to make Christmas as wonderful for her as my mom made it for us. 

I also can't wait to experience the true meaning of Christmas with her. It's not so much about what's under the tree but about a baby in a manger and what He did for the world on another tree. How He gave, gave of himself so the world could be reconciled back to God. And how God gave Him to be given. We give because He gave all. This Christmas may we remember & celebrate His precious birth. 

How do you connect to the true meaning of Christmas?

Merry Christmas!

xoxo, kerri

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Home Is Where You Park It

Welcome to our new adventure!

As most of you already know, we made the decision to jump on the tiny house movement (sorta) & bought a 5th wheel. We will be moving into it full time in September. There were many factors that played into the decision to buy & live in a camper but the main reason was we weren't ready to buy a house & yet we didn't want to keep throwing away money on rent with no return. We had eventually planned on buying a fifth wheel since we like camping & Huck is a hunter, we just thought it would be a few years down the road after we had settled into a house. I guess we are doing it a little backwards. Who knows though, maybe we'll love camper livin' so much we'll live that way forever. 

There have also been talks of traveling full time but we haven't made that decision yet. We both want to travel & see all the amazing things & history this country has to offer so it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility. I have always wanted to live like a gypsy for a time in my life. 

We pick up our new home this coming Monday. Like my blog's facebook page here. I'll be streaming a live tour of it and answering more of your questions there. I'll also be sharing storage hacks and other fun things. 

We are so excited for this next chapter and even more excited to share it with all of you. 

xoxo, kerri

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