Merry Christmas!

Christmas

Oh what a great Christmas we had. As long as we can look past the fireworks (or dynamite) at 2:30am Christmas Morning and the 85 degree weather, it was a pretty normal Christmas. Okay it wasn't normal at all. We woke up with no other family around and opening presents was done in record time, but we made it a holiday to remember. We bought from another family a little Dora Kitchen for the girls and Evie saw it and said "This is mine!" It was so funny. Mylee took the sight in for a little bit then went straight to her little bag of stocking goodies. But as soon as they were done opening presents that was the first thing they both played with. The other well-liked presents were the princess dresses and shoes. Both of them loved those and put them on immediately. Around 9am I had to go lay back down because I was so tired from only getting 3-4 hours of sleep from the night before. But in the afternoon we went and had a lunch with some other IMB folks. The kids had a great time running and playing, I had a great time playing Mexican Train dominoes with the ladies, and Aaron hung with the boys and watched bull fighting on TV. But there was one constant. I brought with us a children's nativity scene that we could sit down as a family and over a period of 7 days talk about the true reason for Christmas,the birth of our Savior, Jesus. Yes it was definetly a very different Christmas but, because of Jesus, one worth remembering.

As I type this I wait for my parents flight to arrive safely in Costa Rica. Please pray this week that we have a great week with my parents, Mike and Connie, and that things would run smoothly with the fun activities we have planned...Si Dios Quiere (If God Desires). Please pray also that Aaron's grandmother's house sells quickly down in Bentonville, AR and that we would know which offer God would have us accept. Click on the photo above to see our fun Christmas. Have a Happy New Year!