A candle for love . . . we're having a lot of love in our house! We are reminded about the love that God has for us in the incarnation of Christ. The God who made the universe and created everything in it loves us so very much that he humbled himself and became human. Not just any human either. He entered the world just as each of us do, in the form of a tiny vulnerable baby. Jesus . . . fully human and fully God. God gave us the greatest gift ever known . . . himself.
This season we are enjoying sharing God's love with our family and with others. This Advent and Christmas season we were able to enjoy time with the Cryer grandparents and Uncle Brian. Here's a little bit of the love.
Have I mentioned before that the girls (all the girls) LOVE the snow?!?! I think there is about 10-12 inches on the ground right. It's been good for fort building and sledding. Not the best for snow ball fights, but that's just fine by me :)
We mixed cookie dough (to make cookies another day). "K" found out why we put the flour in slowly . . . very slowly! Luckily "T" was a good sport!
We had a brave group for sledding.
"T"s first time down the slope with her big sister "M*". She loved it! "M*" was so patient with her.
Of course "M*" and "S" are some of the best big sisters around. Guess who talked them into pulling her back up the hill so she didn't have to walk!
A candle for Christ! We were very blessed to celebrate Christ's birthday together this year! We loved having family here and we especially loved having "T" home and with us for the Holy Day! Here are some of the ways we celebrated Christ's birthday.
Christmas Eve . . .
This kiddo loves coloring! Now, thanks to her grandparents she has every crayon imaginable!
Christmas Day . . .
Our four beauties before worship on Christmas morning. Words cannot express how proud I am of these girls. I have never seen children that grasp the true meaning of Christmas more. One of their "highs" (best moments of the day) was going to worship Jesus on Christmas morning. How cool is that?!? I also love watching the three older girls teach "T" about how we celebrate Jesus' birthday. Of course, now everything "T" sees a picture or a figurine of a baby she calls it "BABY JESUS"!
Of course, we also had some silliness too! We can always count on "K" to bring that to the party!
The girls did have a few presents to open. "T" absolutely LOVED her doll. She named her Talana! The cutest thing about "T" and her doll is when she puts her doll to bed. She makes the sign of the cross on her doll's forehead and says "Mommy loves you, Daddy loves you, and Jesus loves you very much." It's the same blessing that we do for "T" and all of her sisters each and every night.
The girls had a wonderful time playing games with the grandparents. I think Quirkle is a new favorite for all of us!
Christmas day was also full of baking and decorating Christmas cookies together. There were A LOT of cookies!
There was a lot of sugar in our household that day as well!
It was so much fun though! "K" was much more careful with the flour :) The girls were very good at baking. "K", "S", and "M*" got to the point they could roll out, cut, and put the cookies on the tray themselves. All Mammy and I did was take them in and out of the oven!
And after all that sugar they HAD to run off some energy! So much fun playing with Daddy!
2nd Day of Christmas . . .
Our second day of Christmas was filled with spending time together, making chicken and dumplings, and putting together a LEGO gift from Uncle Blair and Auntie Jess. Next time they send something that takes so long to put together I think they should come up to put it together :)
3rd and 4th Days of Christmas . . .
These days were filled with visits from our friends and "T"s god-parents. Friday one set of friends/god-parents came for dinner. We played games and had a wonderful time! Saturday we spent the afternoon visiting, coloring, and doing extreme dot-to-dots. "M*" love those!
We've had a great Advent and first few days of Christmas celebrating the Lord's birth! I hope your season has been one of joy, preparation, hope, and love!
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