Lots of excitement going on in our home this week!  Brennan missed the last two days of school due to the "dreaded flu"; the Christmas Holiday officially started yesterday at 2:30pm (schools out); manboy #1, Brad and his family are here from Fort Benning; manboy #4, Branden and his wife Katie, fly in tomorrow, Christmas Eve, from Colorado; we celebrate Christmas; Tuesday manboy #2, David and his wife Casey, come in from North Carolina; Thursday, very late, manboy #3, Daniel and his wife Elizabeth, come in from North Dakota; we have a wedding rehearsal on New Years Eve morning; rehearsal luncheon; then Christmas with the entire "Lutz tribe," all 21 of us! we celebrate New Years Eve, the guys are heading out to go bowling for a "wee bachelor party" and New Years Day will dawn bright and early for wedding prep with the wedding at 4pm.  Nothing like an action-packed two weeks, which I know will zip-by all too quickly!

Jacqueline helped me make a meal menu for the next ten days, and yesterday Brett and I braved the crowds at Sams and Krogers to grocery shop!  just a few minor items I need to pick-up throughout the week, mainly fresh produce so we are pretty good to go.  Today my kids want to make frosted sugar cookies!  its one of those treats that we all LOVE but I dread for the HUGE mess!

Colson, Tori and Jacqueline are hoping to get in some outdoor fun with Wilson and Walker today.  We got a fresh dusting of snow yesterday so its gorgeous outside!

Merry Christmas to you all and may His light shine brightly in your lives throughout the New Year! Blessings from our home to yours. . . .