Merry Christmas!

Yeah!!! It's Christmas time again! It has been a wonderful time of celebration of Jesus' birth! I love to hear the children sing and sign Christmas songs! Attending the Christmas Eve Candlelight service and remembering why Jesus came to earth was a fabulous moving experience! It was nice that my mom could go with us to the 5:00 service.

On December 20th, The Paul Coleman Concert at our church was fun, entertaining, and a great chance to be entertained with tremendous Christmas songs...old and very new...not even recorded songs by Paul. His humor made the time pass too quickly! What a great testimony of God's love in his life!

And here we are on Christmas Eve with packages in hand. Mom is decked out in her Christmas wear and ready to open! Our gathering was small. Lyle, Mom, and me.

Ooh look! The bag I wanted! Nice job mom getting me just what I wanted! Love it!

Helping is caring....a Mixer, Jewelry Box, and black jacket rounded out Mom's gifts this year.

Here, Lyle got the black shirt from the Japanese Art and Cultural Center that he wanted. Some gift cards for OSH, money, and a Bose system completed his night.

I got Aloe socks! Not pictured was my best treasure....a license plate cover that says: "Heard the Buzz.....I'm Bee's Grandma!" It is already on the car! What a great and thoughtful gift from Lyle! He is the Best!

I have been to other gatherings that I did not picture, but at Georgina's party, I whipped out the camera! It is a small gathering of teacher friends. We laugh and have a great time getting together each year to trade interesting gifts.

So today we have another party to attend at Linda and Bob's house with "The Cousins." We have had a lot of fun this Christmas season already.

The group gathered to play "Family Feud." The girls won! But everyone got prizes...some for winning, some for playing, and some for not playing! It is amazing how that worked!

Well, the gang is almost all here for this Christmas picture. Bob and Kari were running an errand and I am taking the picture. As Clayton said when we were going home, "It sure was a young crowd this year!" I too remember when we were the "youngsters." Now there our kids are having kids and the 3 little ones were the ones to get the presents!
Addison with Princess Minnie Mouse....Josh with Giant Green Frog.Madison with Merry Christmas Minnie Mouse.It was a wonderful day and holiday season!

We hope your day is filled with precious moments for today and remembering the past!

Merry Christmas!