Christmas Morning

We pray that you all had a very Merry Christmas celebrating the birth of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!

This year we stayed ay home in MN, and though we missed being with family, we really had a sweet time. Christmas eve we had 15 friends over, who like us don't have any family here in MN. 20 people in our little house was cozy, but fun! Everyone brought appetizers & desserts, it was quite the spread. As we surveyed the room we were reminded afresh of God's kindness and how even though we don't have "family" here, the Lord has provided family for us in each other.

Christmas morning Cal was the 1st to wake up - no surprise - at 6am. The other 2 kids were so pooped from playing with their friends the night before I actually had to wake them up so that we could open presents & Cal could take his AM nap! We stayed in our PJ's all day, played with toys, watched movies & Nate dug the grill out of the snow & grilled steaks in about 15 degree's (in a t-shirt)! He's a devout griller :). Here are some pics from the day.