A Snowy Christmas
We definitely had a white Christmas this year.....18 inches of snow on the ground!
The kids have been enjoying the massive piles of snow in the back yard.
It looks like we lost Hannah to this pile of snow....
Lots of shoveling to be done....
The snow is quite beautiful on the trees. Here's my attempt at capturing it's beauty...
Uncle Tom and Mike arrived in time for Lois' birthday on the 16th. I cooked and baked for her dinner meal.
A few days later the kids and Pat participated in the church Christmas pageant. It was snowed out on the original date but we were able to make the rescheduled date. And Mike and Tom were able to see it too.
Hannah was an angel. Jacob was a shepherd.
Luke was a sheep.
And Pat was a wise man.
They did a wonderful job!
We worshiped at Lois' church for Christmas Eve -- a beautiful service -- which opened with a brass choir and we sang the Holden Evening Prayer liturgy -- one of my favorite liturgies and ended with spreading Christ's light through the sanctuary as we held candles and sang Silent Night. Hannah and Jacob both held their own candles this year.
Luke's new farm set
After church we had dinner and opened gifts. We enjoyed the evening together -- the kids were anxious to open their presents.
It was a bit of a frenzy -- trying to take in all the things people were opening. It all happens so quickly. I end up having to process the chaos later on...blogging is good for that. :-)
Jacob working on his new calendar
The kids have been enjoying the massive piles of snow in the back yard.
It looks like we lost Hannah to this pile of snow....
Lots of shoveling to be done....
The snow is quite beautiful on the trees. Here's my attempt at capturing it's beauty...
Uncle Tom and Mike arrived in time for Lois' birthday on the 16th. I cooked and baked for her dinner meal.
A few days later the kids and Pat participated in the church Christmas pageant. It was snowed out on the original date but we were able to make the rescheduled date. And Mike and Tom were able to see it too.
Hannah was an angel. Jacob was a shepherd.Luke was a sheep.
And Pat was a wise man.They did a wonderful job!
We worshiped at Lois' church for Christmas Eve -- a beautiful service -- which opened with a brass choir and we sang the Holden Evening Prayer liturgy -- one of my favorite liturgies and ended with spreading Christ's light through the sanctuary as we held candles and sang Silent Night. Hannah and Jacob both held their own candles this year.
Luke's new farm setAfter church we had dinner and opened gifts. We enjoyed the evening together -- the kids were anxious to open their presents.
It was a bit of a frenzy -- trying to take in all the things people were opening. It all happens so quickly. I end up having to process the chaos later on...blogging is good for that. :-)
Jacob working on his new calendarSanta paid a visit and filled the stockings which the kids opened Christmas morning. He brought a puppet kit for each child to make. They had fun putting their puppets together and using Hannah's new puppet theater to put on a puppet show.
Sophia had fun tasting the paper on all of her gifts!
Sophia had fun tasting the paper on all of her gifts!
It's always fun for the kids to have Uncle Tom and Uncle Mike around for the holidays.
Hannah especially enjoyed Uncle Tom this year -- we started calling her "Hannah the Barnacle" because she became a permanent fixture on Uncle Tom's lap. She was his shadow for the entire week he was visiting. Tom has tremendous patience in dealing with children and I think he enjoyed the attention -- most of the time. :-)
Uncle Mike had fun playing Sorry with Jacob, Hannah and Luke
A present from Uncle Mike to Jacob Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
1 comment:
thanks for the Christmas card, it was great to get it, sorry we are slackers this year!
so fun to have so much snow!
sounds like you had a fun Christmas pageant, great to have such a role in it.
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