Merry Christmas

Wow, what an amazing day.

First off, my kids have made it absolutely delightful. I know that these will be years that I look back at and remember how wonderful it was while they were home with us. :)

We did candlelight service, and it was so special last night. I love our church family so very much and this year has been so special. Our children behaved beautifully during service and then we slid through Outback Curbside on the way home. We spent the rest of the evening preparing for Santa; with cookies and reindeer food. We snuggled on the couch and talked and prayed and discussed our highs and lows and got the kiddos to bed. Eventually, the giggling stopped and they finally went to sleep!

When they got up in the morning, squeals of delight ensued!! I kind of felt like we went overboard on the presents, but they were all such good deals, it's not like we overspent. The kids were thrilled and we really took our time enjoying the morning. By lunch time we had finished and cleaned up and headed over to Pastor's and Linda's for a lunch with their family. That was really neat because we are so far from our family, it was great to be included and the kids made fast friends with Carl and Wendy's kids, so we just hung out all afternoon.

Rob and I were super blessed by our time with the Hayes, just discussing life in ministry and everything in between. That was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon. Now we are home and the kids are playing happily with their new toys. I'm exhausted and glad that the rush is over! Now for a few days vacation! whew!