Christmas time is here!

Being with family has been the best gift!

Delivering cookies and caroling to the neighbors accompanied by my tin whistlers on Christmas Eve eve (12/23).  We sang all the songs together except Silent Night where kids played and adults sang. We had fun sharing the love of Christ.

Christmas Eve haircuts

And while boys were at the barber, Ky was running errands with Grandma and ran into a man at Tractor Supply who let her hold his owl!

Christmas Eve service at Grace Evangelical. It was a perfect low-key service worshipping our Savior.

Christmas morning. Jo made us breakfast as a gift to the family. Everyone always enjoys his baked goods and this new recipe was no exception. After a bit of time in God's Word, we got to see what all was under the tree.

Beanies made by ladies learning a trade and learning about Jesus.

It makes me happy to see them so excited to watch others open their thoughtfully chosen gifts.

And if this wasn't enough...

Grandpa in CA sent gifts, too!

When they first saw it Sy counted 1,2,3 (the bike, and 2 scooters) and said, "Now, if we get one more vehicle, we can all ride something."

So they were more surprised when we told them there were bikes for everyone.  (We only put one together.) And they fold up to take along while we're traveling!

Bike assembly time! Hopefully, they'll all know how to fix them because they assembled them themselves.

Thank you Grandpa Joe for buying the kids new bikes!

And thank you Grandma for his beautiful table that was shortly filled with delicious foods!

Happy Christmas to all! May Jesus be your reason to celebrate all through the year!