Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Christmas and New Year



Here are the kids with a few of their gifties. Katy is wearing the "Laura Ingalls" style nightgown and nightcap with a matching outfit for her doll. Noah is wearing his new "Daniel Boone/Davey Crockett" outfit and I believe that is his new cap gun he is holding in his hand. VJ is riding his new pony that Nana bought him. Nana is behind him and Chris is sitting in the green chair. VJ really loves this pony. He pets it, pats it, loves on it, and rides it all through out the day.
We had a very busy holiday season. Early in December Nana visited and took us all to see The Nutcracker Ballet. Christmas day she spent with us and also took us to see the Galaxy of Lights at the Botanical Garden that night. Mimi and Papa joined us for Christmas and Tyrone and Stephanie came for Christmas and stayed with us until today. They are headed to join the African Mercy for an outreach in Liberia, West Africa. We had a wonderful time with Tyrone and Stephanie! We drank lots of coffee, ate lots of good food(cooked by Tyrone), played lots of games, watched lots of movies, and talked and laughed into the wee hours of the morning. They also watched the kids so Raf and I could go on a date. We ate at Macoroni Grill with a gift card we had received, watched a movie(National Treasure 2), and went to Barnes and Noble to browse. When we got home, the kids were all sleeping soundly in their beds. Ahhh...sweet.
Our main thoughts, at Christmas, though, are towards Christ! We are so thankful that He was obedient in God's plan, to be born of a virgin, live a sinless life, and die on the cross to pay for our sins. He rose again and provided peace between us and God. We celebrated Advent throughout December and on Christmas the kids decorated a "Happy Birthday Jesus" cake that Mimi made. We are thankful for the greatest gift that we have in our relationship with Jesus Christ!

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