Nights like this, I cherish....

They finally finished their last bite of food which meant they could run outside and see the Christmas lights daddy had been working on!  "Mommy....LOOK...!!!!!!!!" was what I could hear from outside on the driveway..."mommy....come HERE...LOOK!!!!"...."this is so awesome!!!!".  My sweet little Parkerman....so incredibly excited that we had Christmas lights on our house.  THEN, came the best part...the large, lit, inflatable penguin!!  Parker...and therefore Beckham now, were running around like crazy men yelling and screaming in utter blissful JOY that this massive penguin was being 

 inflated on our lawn.  "It's CHRISTMAS!!!", Parker screamed!!  The excitement and JOY that my boys experienced tonight was heaven for me!  After bath time, Parker just HAD to come back outside and say goodnight to the penguin.  So when we did, we sat on the lawn, both boys in my lap, RIGHT in front of our new found friend and sang Christmas songs and hymns...just basking in the fun of our new decor!  I will cherish every-single-night of this holiday season, because I KNOW that this excitement over an inflatable penguin will not last...I know one day, they will not want to run outside and see daddy's hard work on Christmas lights and yearn for me to share in the excitement with them.  I know that this is a season...but it's a beautiful one, a special one and one that I am so so grateful for.  Father, thank you for giving me tonight...thank you for this honor and JOY of raising my children...thank you for reminding me that life is fleeting so when I get moments like tonight...I will cherish them...