Thank you Secret Santa

This year we have had the amazing privilege of having a Secret Santa. I have never had a Secret Santa before, and on the first day I was really excited at the cute scarfs that Rob, Weston, and I got (yes, they made Weston a scarf! Holy CUTENESS!!!!) along with a few pieces to what I assumed would become a full nativity set. As the days have continued we have realized more and more just how much effort, thought, and time has gone into these cute little baskets that we get everyday. Every single day has a new theme, with a cute little card of sayings, quotes, or thoughts. Yesterday as we were talking about how much fun this has been, we've realized just how blessed we are, and it humbled us quite a bit. We definitely have the bad habit of using Christmas as an excuse to buy all the fun toys we don't feel justified in buying ordinarily,  we don't even waiting until Christmas to play with those toys, and then don't really get to feel the true Christmas spirit and love when Christmas does actually come around. As we realized all the effort that was going into these Secret Santa gifts every single day, it really made us remember the true meaning of Christmas. Yes, at first I was just excited to have a Secret Santa and excited to see what the new basket would have in it each day, (and I would be lying if I said I wasn't still excited for that, you have no idea how cute some of these gifts are) but now it has so much more meaning as we have realized not only what a blessing this has been for us, but also the sacrifice that it must be for the people doing it. It fills our hearts with love and gratefulness, and although I wish DESPERATELY that we knew who was doing it so that we could express this love to them personally, I am hoping that this blog (assuming they even read it) will at least let them know that we truly do appreciate it so much, and they have reminded us what the purpose of Christmas is, filling our home with the Christmas spirit more than it ever has been before. So in short, thank you Secret Santa. We love you so much and we hope that you have just as an amazing of a Christmas as you have given us :)