Isaiah 9:6
The Christmas season was full of fun for our family of six. We enjoyed good times with friends and family and our first Christmas in our new home. All the boys enjoyed looking forward to the celebration of Jesus' birth.
Bryce putting the star atop the tree. Our tree was simply decorated with ornaments given to us by friends and family and ornaments made by the boys. It was also "redecorated" by Davis (at least the bottom half of the tree) many times throughout the Christmas season.The weekend before Christmas we enjoyed an early Christmas with Brian's family in Williamsburg. It had all the makings of a Christmas movie as we drove through a snowstorm to get there and family members came in slowly after battling icy conditions on the road. We were almost snowed in for the weekend! We were all grateful to arrive safely and to be able to spend time together as a family.
Davis and Grammy
The boys playing an intense game of Fusball. This went on for a long time!
Davis on the John Deere toy.
Our family of six. Merry Christmas!The week of Christmas we had my family over for a simple dinner and Christmas gift exchange. The boys had fun opening their toys from Gramma and Granpa, Uncle Jake and Aunt Jessica, and being entertained by fun Uncle Eric. Aunt Susannah was enjoying warmer weather in Peru at the time!
Davis and Uncle Jake
Eric and Grant
Aunt Jessica, Davis, and the cool robot toy from Gramma.
Grant and Carter in their new Transformer costumes.One of our family traditions is to make gingerbread men at Christmas time. The boys had fun cutting out the gingerbread cookies and decorating them with M&Ms (I think Carter ate quite a few M&Ms in the process). Being very pregnant at the time, I appreciated Brian's help in rolling out the dough this year. Christmas just isn't Christmas without gingerbread cookies!
On Christmas Eve we have made it a tradition the past couple of years to read The Light of Christmas, a beautifully illustrated children's book sharing the Christmas story and the reason Christ came. The book explains how the world was dark with sin and needed a Light from Heaven. God set forth his plan of salvation by sending Jesus to earth--the Light of World. It is through Jesus that we can receive forgiveness of sin. How amazing is God's love for us! This year, with some ideas gained from friends, we sat around the kitchen table and each boy was given a cupcake with a candle in it. As Brian read the story we lighted candles at the appropriate time to represent the birth of Jesus. When the story was finished we all sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and blew out the candles before enjoying the cupcakes. It was a good reminder to all of us of the true meaning and significance of Christmas.
Christmas morning was great fun with four boys opening gifts. We had Legos and Transformers galore along with remote controlled trucks, Nerf guns, and light sabers. One gift that was most entertaining was the "Wolverine Arm" that Bryce had been requesting for quite some time. He was so sweet about asking for it, and so seldom wants anything that I was really looking forward to giving it to him. It was the last gift he opened and he was all smiles when the wrapping paper came off the box. The "Wolverine Arm" you see, is a plastic sort of glove that goes over the hand with three 15 inch (or so) prongs that come out from the fingers and makes a sort of eery sound as it is swung around or when it hits something. Kinda scary. I'm still not quite sure why I bought this toy except that I love my little boy. So far it has not made impact with any brothers and will be taken away (we've made that very clear) if it becomes a weapon. But definitely not something I thought I would ever be purchasing until I became the mother of four boys.
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