Christmas 2009 has come and gone....can not believe that it is already over and makes me sad to think it's another year until we celebrate it again! But, we can rejoice in the wonderful memories made, the awesome time spent w/ our families and the true reason of the season, the birth of Jesus! Great news to know that we can actually and should actually celebrate this season every day of our lives!
We spent Christmas Eve evening at our church for a wonderful family service, complete w/ a live nativity, including camels, donkeys, baby Jesus, Christmas carols, hot chocolate, etc... The girls had a great time and really enjoyed it. We loved worshipping God and spending time together at church doing that as a family. Following the service, we headed to my parents' house for an extended family Christmas get-together w/ my cousins, aunt, etc.... That was the beginning of the Christmas fun and craziness! ; ) Allie was able to read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to all of us that night, that was really neat to hear her do that. And, I read one of my grandma's stories that she wrote many, many years ago called "Jamie's Miracle". I think we might have started another family tradition with both of those! Christmas morning we had our own family time together at our house. The girls were overwhelmed w/ the wonderful presents, both from Mommy & Daddy and Santa Claus! They put cookies/milk and even gifts (Allison & Lauren both insisted that they give one of their toys to both Santa and Mrs. Clause as a "thank-you"....they are so sweet!) out for Santa. He was nice enough to stop his busy schedule that night to leave them a note as well! ; ) After we had our Christmas here, we headed to Jason's side of the family (which I count as my side as well!) to spend Christmas afternoon together in Louisville, and then as if that wasn't enough, we drove back that night for another Christmas celebration w/ my immediate side of the family, including parents, sister, brother-in-law, cousins,etc... Once we arrived home that night (very late!) we realized that within 24 hours, we had enjoyed 4 Christmas celebrations.....whew! What remained was a history of tons of fun, laughs, food, sweet memories made and 3 very tired but very happy little girls as well one set of worn out but very content parents!
Lots of photos to come but for now, wanted to download our picture from our Christmas Eve services at church....enjoy! And hope you and your family enjoy your holidays and have a very Happy New Year!
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