"The Big Chill"

We went to Ben's Christmas program at Owl Creek School recently. The program was called, "The Big Chill", and it was pretty cute!! My pictures, however, not so much....

The picture at the top is really the only cute one I got.


I don't think that the school cafeteria lights helped the photo quality, but I'm pretty sure they had nothing to do with my bad timing. I have so many pictures of Ben with his eyes closed!

We had our Luxe Christmas party this past week, too. It was very nice! We had dinner at the Springdale Country club...Wade and I both had a yummy steak....and exchanged our Secret Santa gifts. I was Ryan's S.S. and got him a wool scarf....that kid walks in to work half frozen some days after walking from class.

Betina was my S.S. and got me the BEST scarf and an awesome NARS makeup brush that I REALLY wanted! So sweet!!!

It was a lot of fun! Such a nice thank you from Juliette and Dr. Miller and so much better than the Christmas party I attended last year!!! The photos are on my Facebook page, but I will post them on here eventually....sorry I'm not prepared for that today.

Danny Spungen, whose grandfather in 1941 launched Peer Bearing Co., a ball bearing manufacturer in suburban Chicago that was sold earlier this year, said his family unanimously decided to thank the company's 230 employees with year-end bonuses of $10,000 and more, with the amount based on years of service.

How cool is that?

Look, it should never be about the amount. That's not the point. The point is that the gift has to mean something. Ten thousand dollars to every employee when times are tough is AMAZING, but what's more amazing is that the family decided unanimously....did you catch that part?

Or, really putting thought into how you can creatively stretch $10 into a meaningful gift for someone is, well, thoughtful.

Enjoy your family this season, enjoy Christmas for what it celebrates.