We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We took some time to visit my family in Huntsville before the holidays. We then headed to Stratford to have Christmas with Ben's family. We left Waco where it was 70 degrees outside to arrive in Amarillo where it was 30 degrees and snowing. And yes, my kids were dressed in short sleeves....way to go mom! We had a great time in Stratford with mimi, papa Lynn, pawpaw ER, and cousin ER. The kiddos got to open a present each day, so of course they were delighted. Eli got his very first tent...quite a nice tent I must say.
We headed back to Waco on Dec 23 just in time for Christmas festivities in our new home. It was a low key Christmas eve and day. Ben led a beautiful devotional for our family on Christmas eve. It was so sweet as Ben asked Eli about various parts of the Christmas story and Eli knew the answers. It is amazing to see how God is already using my three year old for the glory of His kingdom. What a sweet evening it was. On Christmas morning, Eli woke up and found the stockings in the living room. He remarked, "mommy what are these beanstalk things?" referring to the stockings, "which one is mine?" Then he proceeded to find the one that had E L I on it. He's such a smart cookie. We stayed in our pajamas till well after noon and enjoyed a delicious breakfast of creme brulee french toast and hashbrown casserole. Mom and I watched a couple of episodes of Downton Abbey, while Ben headed to the theatre to see the Hobbit again. It was a perfectly lazy Christmas day complete with a salmon and lobster dinner.
For so long our Christmas revolved around my work at Church. While I loved this experience, my family and our traditions were always a little neglected. It is nice that we are beginning to resurrect some of our families old traditions (i.e. opening presents at 5 on Christmas eve and eating pizza) and create new traditions (i.e. Ben's beautiful Christmas eve devotionals and relaxing Christmas mornings). All in all this was one of my favorite Christmases.
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| Adi in her Christmas finest. |
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| Mimi and Eli playing bingo |
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| Cousins |
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| Cousins in Eli's new tent |
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| A girl and her PawPaw |
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| Light of the world |
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| May the Lord's light shine now and forevermore |
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| One beautiful gift. |
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| Merry Christmas morning. |
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