The Reason for the Season

Mom came over on Sunday to go with me to the Michael W Smith Christmas concert. Full orchestra, MWS on the piano, and a zydeco group from Lafayette singing with him. The music was amazing. I love hearing traditional Christmas music. It's so beautiful and reminds me of my childhood.



After taking this picture, I made a secret vow to myself to start carrying around the papparazi camera (AKA my brother's Canon Rebel that is on loan to us that he may or may not be getting back.) It takes much better pictures than this. George and Barbara Bush were at the concert too. A shot I could have gotten with the papparazi camera.

I read lots of blogs and have come across a few posts lately like this one and this one about not going overboard with all the fluff of Christmas. It's easy to do. More often than I care to admit, I find myself putting just one more Christmas thing in my shopping cart. I'm human and need a daily reminder of what it's really all about. I found this print on Pinterest and framed it on our mantel.