Christmas Morning

Our sweet, simple Christmas morning...

Reading the Christmas story

Opening stockings

Making breakfast together

Opening gifts

And playing together.

 

Showtime!

 

Everyone's all dressed up and ready to perform in or see "The Secrect of Snowflake County"!

Naomi played the part of Suzy, the mayor's daughter (doesn't nearly every good kid's musical have a mayor who's forgotten the true meaning of Christmas?).

 

Johnathan was a tap-dancing star...

 

...and a rapper (in the middle).  He sang his first little solo this year.  So sweet!

Naomi's sang "Silent Night" and reminded us that the message of Christmas is beautifully simple.

Savior, breaking into history

Savior, King of all

Savior, in a tiny baby

God, Emmanuel

Sunday Morning

A special Sunday morning...

A birthday party for Jesus

The choir singing a cantata

And sitting together with Daddy for the whole service

Making Cookies

Seven Months Old

Miss Abby is seven months old!  She's working on sitting up, scarfs down lots of fruits, veggies, and cereal, and loves being around people.  When we sing to her, she's one happy girl, beaming and bopping her head up and down.  Abby is ready for her first Christmas - she's been practicing crumpling paper and trying to eat it already! 

Jingle Bell Rock

 

Abby loves it when we sing Christmas songs for her!

Christmas for the Birds...

... and butterflies and bees, too! 

 

 

And Ezra helped himself to the peanut butter we used to stick the birseed to the pinecones. 

 

The birds don't seem to have discovered their treats yet, but the butterflies and bees have been enjoying their orange slices this morning.