Monday's Memory--my favorite present

Amy gave a talk in church yesterday. In preparation for it, she asked several people their favorite Christmas presents they had ever received. When she asked me, my first thought was the tap shoes I got when I was a kid. But then I remembered this picture.

For years, I always had the kids take a picture with Santa. We even had one with all three of us in it. But then they grew up and lost interest. Christmas morning, when Todd was a junior and Amy a freshman, I opened my present from them, and this was inside. Needless to say, I shed a few tears. They went to the mall and stood in a very long line with lots of little kids to surprise me with this photo. How I love my two kids.