I pretty much had tears in my eyes the entire weekend of Christmas, which is making me have tears in my eyes as I type this!
We were all FINALLY well enough to be together at Christmas, and together we were.
It was FABULOUS!
Christmas Eve all of us (except Grant) went to church for our candle light service.
Grant took this photo for us before we headed to church.
The singing that night, you all.
It was SO beautiful!!
Our church loves to sing and it is such a gift!
After church we headed to David and Kay’s for a Christmas Eve celebration of finger foods.
The food was wonderful!
We made a lot so we could eat it many more times that weekend!
After we arrived home late Christmas Eve night and everyone FINALLY stayed downstairs, ha, ha, I filled the Christmas tree with the gifts for Christmas morning!
This brought me so much joy!
I went to wrap one last gift that had arrived that day, and realized it was stuck in my quick hiding place.
It took quite a while to get it out of that drawer!
Christmas morning before church we had the kiddos open their gifts from Blake and I.
Eliza also got a gift from her sweet pen pal!!
Anyone have some extra plane tickets to Oregon you don’t need??
We want to meet Anna and her family so badly!!
Soon it was time to go to church again!
Addie and I did make some cinnamon rolls before we headed to church.
Grant stayed home again as he was still coughing so much.
After church we enjoyed brunch!
David and Kay’s were spending the day with us and it made me SO HAPPY!!!
Our seven kiddos plus David do a gift exchange, and Blake and I buy gifts for all of Kay’s crew.
We had our gift exchange after we ate!
We were so thankful that Grant could venture up the stairs to join us on Christmas Day!
Christmas is always a very special time for our family, but an even more special time for my heart.
I am always in awe of the story of Jesus coming to us as a baby!
But at Christmas, as we celebrate that fact, the story seems more real than ever, doesn’t it?
A baby.
Sent to us.
To die.
FOR us.
God loves us SO much, friends!
I hope that every single person who reads this knows Him.
And knows how much He loves you!
I also hope that each one of you had a wonderful Christmas!!
