Christmas Eve was eventful. In the morning we went to a tire store to replace our spare tire...Did I mention that I shredded one of our tires by "grazing" a fire hydrant on Dec. 22nd?
Rudi then did some last-minute shopping and I did some last-minute baking, and then we headed off to church. Our church service was nice. The people are so wonderful to us as usual--we got cards from several families, and a couple families even got Samuel presents!! After the church service, we hung out for a while (eating refreshments), then went over to a friends' house for a dinner, which was fabulous. We stayed too late (9 pm, 2 hours past Samuel's bedtime), and paid the consequences with about 30 minutes of crying from Samuel before went to sleep. Rudi and I both then collapsed in bed and that was that (we are pretty lame now, at least more often than usual).
Christmas morning was, I believe, more exciting for Rudi and I since we had the joy of watching Samuel "open" his presents. Besides loving the wrapping paper (which we expected), Samuel also seemed to enjoy playing with the toys inside (which we had not expected). After
presents, Samuel took a great nap while Rudi and I enjoyed coffee, opening our presents to each other, and eating gingerbread muffins. We then did Advent as a family, which brings us to the present. This afternoon we have dinner with neighbors, and then Rudi has to go to work this evening.
We do praise God for coming to be with us as Jesus, thus allowing us to have eternal life with him!
Rudi with his new golf shirt
Samuel tired after opening gifts
Rachel with her new picture frames from Tropical Living, our favorite local home store
Like father, like son
Rachel with her childhood stocking, made by her Grammy Coe
Rudi with his childhood stocking, made by his Memo
Samuel waiting to open his big present from MiMi and Grandpa
Samuel in his Santa outfit, given to him by GrossMaMa
Samuel trying to open a present on Christmas Day
1 comment:
Wow, it looks like you three had a terrific Christmas! I love the little Santa outfit! How cute!!! It's refreshing to see that your family still knows the true meaning of the season:). Have a great New Year!
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