Merry Christmas!!

From us Mackeys to our sweet followers.....MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

May your Christmas be filled with love, laughter and precious moments to cherish a lifetime...

'Twas the Night Before Jesus Came

I love this...and I think you will too...

'Twas the night Jesus came and all through the house

Not a person was praying, not one in the house.

The Bibles were left on the shelf without care,

For no one thought that Jesus would come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed,

Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.

And mom in her rocker with baby in her lap

Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the east there rose such a clatter,

I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash

Tore open the shutters and lifted the sash!

When what to my wondering eyes should appear

But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here!

The light of His face made me cover my head--

It was Jesus returning, just as He said.

And though I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,

I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand

Was written the name of every saved man.

He spoke not a word as He searched for my name;

When He said, "It's not here" my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love

He gathered to take to His Father above.

With those who were ready He rose without a sound

While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late;

I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.

I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight;

Oh, if only I'd known that this was the night.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear;

The coming of Jesus is now drawing near.

There's only one life and when comes the last call

We'll find that the Bible was true after all.

--AUDRY PATRICIA WOOLVERTON

haha, best. Christmas. pictures. ever.

Warning: the pictures below will make you laugh and most of all, miss stone wash jeans.

My mom kept every single Santa picture from my first Christmas until I was 10 and emailed them to me!

This is the best Christmas gift ever...

Although I believed until I was 12...my little sister let the secret out. Unfortunate.

Nonetheless, these pictures bring back sweet memories.

I definetly love Christmas.

I definetly love Santa.

I'm smiling in almost every single one...because Christmas is amazing.

1984...that Santa makes me smile, he seems so cuddly.

1985...I'm guessing Rudolph's nose was so bright, this Santa needed sunglasses?

1986...purple puffy coats

1987..matching panda sweaters...

1989...I don't know what's cuter, my hand on my sister's leg or the hair cut...just call me "bangs"

1990...you love these jeans right? how about the bangs....again? And where is Santa's face?

1991...the jeans, the perm, the precious holiday sweaters..everything about this pic says awesome.

1992..I know what you're thinking..."didn't they have these same adorable holiday sweaters on last year?" well, yes, yes we did. But this year we have stone wash jeans with a fanny Christmas patch.

And my hair...it's straight again!

1993...crimped hair. enough said.

jeans that maybe I bejeweled myself?

And is this the same sweater from 1991?

1994...rebelling against the traditional Christmas colors? yes.

but matching the socks with the sweater? always.

Hope your holidays are fun and full of special memories!

Christmas parades and marshmellows..

Holiday festivities make us smile.

And so does...

Horses galloping.

cuddling up to stay warm..

ginormous parade floats/balloons..

post parade food devouring

ok, we attend Tanglewood's Festival of Lights every, single, year.

Yes, its the same 2.2 million lights every single year.

Yes, its the same long line of cars waiting hours to get through.

But it's a Christmas Tradition...

My sister and her hubs joined us for a fun filled evening of dinner and lights..

baby, its cold outside.

And my coat makes me look like I'm stashing 4 kids inside it. hmmph. not cool.

now all we needed was snow.

but marshmellows, hot chocolate and apple cider will do..

my family roasted marshmellows...

and for the first time ever in my life...I roasted marshmellows...

I'm not a good "marshmellow roaster"...(these babies have not a hint of golden color)

but Mike is a marshmellow burner.....yowza!

how Christmas-y and fun..

May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,

                                                  The gladness of Christmas give you hope,

                                                  The warmth of Christmas grant you love.                    

Christmas Tree Lighting...

Lil Bit started crawling on 12/17/2011!

Me and the little beauties went to see Disney Princesses on Ice.

It was a huge surprise for Rylee.

It was magical...

It was colorful...

It was pretty...

It was full of fun...

And the "floating lights" were amazing..

And the little girls left smiling...

Then we went to the Christmas Tree Lighting downtown...

I mean hey it's not Rockefeller Center but it's lovely..

And we enjoyed it..

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Traditions...

please tell me you've seen this...

This is the funniest. movie. ever.

And my favorite holiday movie.

I couldn't even name my favorite part...so I thought I'd quote a few lines from the movie...

"We're kicking off our fun old-fashioned family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols." ~ Clark

"The most enduring traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin. Thith tree is a thymbol of the the thspirit of the Griswold family Chrithmath." ~Clark 

"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?" ~Clark

S@!tter was full. ~ Eddie

                   

"Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse"

Trust me, this is a must watch...
what's your favorite quote??