I really take a break!  We managed to finish half of our schoolyear before Christmas, and to reward ourselves, we are in the middle of a three week school vacation. WHOO-HOO!

I've also slowed down blogging and computer time in general. I'm a little relecutant to pick it back up, to tell the truth.  We've had a great vacation and Christmas. All of December was  a studied effort to be low-key. We avoided weekends crammed with parties, or having all our free time spent shopping. We cooked, we watched movies at home, we drank homemade cocoa [sugar free of course!], we read books, we memorized verses, sang songs, and played. I didn't even do Christmas Cards this year. I admit that was taking it a little bit TOO easy, but I'll try to complete those in stages next year.

We had two family get togethers--one on Christmas Eve and the other on Christmas Day. Hubby and I went shopping the Friday before Christmas, and we celebrated the kids birthdays by going to Chuck E. Cheese. 

The big travelling we did was taking my father-in-law to Mt. Airy, North Carolina to see Andy Griffith related sites. What a hoot! We had a ball. 

The next time I post I'll have to tell y'all about my almost sugar free white chocolate cheesecake. MMmm--it was good.   My sister-in-law made this chocolate cake with cocoa fudge icing that was so good and rich that I almost hid it so she couldn't take leftovers home with her!