Top 10 Reasons Why Christmas Will be Different for the Hill Family This Year:
10. Trevor will entertain us with lines from the five different plays in which he participated: Betrayal, Much Ado About Nothing, No Fish in the House, Summer of ‘42, and A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
9. We will try not to accumulate a lot of presents to haul to Ashland, Oregon in two months, where Trevor will be working for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
8. When Amy beats Trevor at every card and board game in the house, he will try to get even by flaunting his new title: Master of Fine Arts. Amy might then retort that she is a master at delivering three big babies…with a little help from modern medicine.
7. In October, we were joined by a fifth caroler, Sophia Cathryn Hill, who may be our dark-haired, chubby-cheeked beauty, but she sings loud, off key and at the most inappropriate times.
6. Haddyn Jamie is almost two and will win Santa’s heart by singing, dancing, and blowing kisses for him. Haddy will be on his nice list for giving her baby sister 101,000 kisses a day, helping her Mom make cookies, and painting pictures for everyone in the house.
5. At any given time, three-year-old Isac could morph into Venom, Spiderman, a dinosaur, a cowboy, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, a teacher, a cook, his Dad, or Superman. This could possibly confuse or scare Santa away. Luckily, Isac knows Santa will come because he’s been praying for weeks that “Santa will come…tomorrow.”
4. Between diapering and feeding and playing with her children, Amy will be able to catch a few minutes playing the piano, quilting a wall hanging, painting, or taking a bath while Trevor has more time at home.
3. We can look back with fondness at the time we’ve been able to spend with our family in Colorado and Idaho Falls, looking forward to our next trip to see family in our new
mini-van.
2. We will be able to thank Heavenly Father for sending His Son to this earth, who has helped, protected, blessed, and comforted us so often this year.
1. And the number one reason is that five of us, instead of four, can wish you a Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year!
