It's Christmas Time! (a post by Leah)

I have posted before how much I love Christmas.  It is such a wonderful time of year!  I have to admit, although I don't miss the snow or cold in Indiana, it does seem weird that Christmas is two weeks away and it has not really been cold here.  Weird, but nice.

As Christmas approaches, we have been busy settling into our new home.  So busy, with new jobs and responsibilities, that we have not been able to decorate for Christmas.  But, of all of our holiday traditions, we are making time for one of my favorites: COOKIES!  Traditionally, I am not a baker.  I don't love making cookies or cakes or anything else that has to be precise.  I like to dump and cook.  I believe that all meals should be this easy.  But, at Christmas, I make an exception.  Every year I make a few boxes of cookies to drive to friends and family.  We started this tradition when Rob was making very little money and we wanted to give back to so many people that had given to us.  After making the cookies, we drove them to our friends or family that live around town.  To my surprise, our friends invited us into their homes to chat.  Some have sent us home with cookies, others have sent us home with wonderful memories of hour-long conversations that I wouldn't trade for anything.  It became such a wonderful blessing.

Now, we get to bring our tradition to a new home.  Although we haven't made many friends down here, I am eager to share our time and baked goods with the people that have been gracious to us these past few months to "love on us".  So, here we come, Atlanta, to share our time, our cookies and Christ's love to you.