Christmas Eve

We are so grateful to be celebrating the birth of Jesus.  We don't often have everyone healthy at Christmas, and we don't this year either, but we are here together and glad to have that.  I took the healthy kids to church this morning and Justin took the candle light service with them this evening.  Miss Ellie is quite disappointed to be home, but her fever isn't too high--it may well be the cold that Katie had last week that caused a short lived fever for her too.

 Our December has been full of Advent candles, menorah lighting, Christmas parties,

visiting a reenactment of Bethlehem,

attending a parade,

reading through the prophecy if Isaiah (plus drawing it), and visiting family in Ohio and Kentucky. 

 We made a trip to the zoo on a bright sunny day,

 and we saw Santa at the mall.

We have a turkey awaiting baking and all the fixings, the pies are made, and the presents are wrapped.  Tonight we sing Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, both for Christmas morning and for the return of Jesus to come again.  They will open their Christmas PJs tonight, read The Night Before Christmas and from the book of Luke, open the last of the drawers in our Advent box, and tuck in children with dreams of sugar plumbs.

Merry Christmas to you!  May you find joy, peace, and hope this Christmas.
Kristy