Oilfield and Holidays

   Being a oilfield family definitely has its ups and downs. But the one we are dealing with right now is Daddy not being home for holidays. With Christmas only a day away Joel is away at work and won't be home until Monday. This is the first year we wont be together for Christmas, but we are determined to make this work for our family. So our solution...... Have 2 Christmas mornings. We plan on doing Christmas on the 25th and the 29th. I did one round of Christmas shopping for the kids this week and picked out a few things. Then on Tuesday after Joel gets home we plan on going out and doing a second round of Christmas shopping. This way daddy can pick out some of the gifts that he wanted to get the kiddo's. Then on the 29th we will have another Christmas with Daddy. This isn't the first holiday we have had to rearrange due to Joel not being home, but we try to make sure that daddy doesn't miss any special events and sometimes that means doing them on a different day or maybe having more then one special day. Honestly I think the kids enjoy it, it makes a holiday or a special event last a lot longer ! I will definitely miss my hubby this Christmas, but am looking forward to "our"christmas together.