It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

When we moved out of our house over five years ago, we got rid of most of our "stuff." But we kept a small box of Christmas decorations that we carry around with us all year round. Instead of three nativity sets, we kept only the smallest one. And we kept only the smallest of other decorations to sprinkle around the motor home.

Instead of taking days to decorate our big house, it only takes minutes to decorate our motor home. We spent some time shopping and wrapping, and now those presents are taking up another space on the dash. Years ago we quit buying gifts for each other, so all these will be delivered to dear ones in person this year.

We don't have any Christmas lights outside, but Mark helped Denisa's Mom hang lights at her house in the park.

The only part of our traditional Christmas workload that has increased since we retired, is sending out Christmas cards. We are glad that our list of friends continues to grow. Below is a picture of the Christmas card that we mailed out this year. We took the picture on Thanksgiving morning, when the ground in Oklahoma was covered with snow and the temperature was in the low twenties. Those smiles are literally frozen on our faces. We picked this picture because our granddaughter had the sweetest smile in it. It wasn't until later that we realized that her hair covers half of Mark's face. Now you know the most important person in the picture.

We mailed an annual letter with it that described our travel year up north to the wonders of the Canadian Rockies. It also mentioned our snorkeling trip to the wonders under the sea at St. John Island. God's wonders are obviously deep and wide in our travels! But the greatest wonder of all is the gift of God's son sent to earth with the plan for our salvation. We hope you have a very merry CHRISTmas as you enjoy your own version of wandering the wonders of Christmas this year!