We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

The last couple of weeks have been super busy and we still have two days of celebrating to go! We've had Breakfast with Santa at church, Jack's Christmas program and party at school and family dinners for the last two days. Tomorrow (Christmas Eve) we will be baking Christmas cookies with Mimi (using DeeDee's famous recipe) and baking a birthday cake for Jesus here at home. Oh, and spreading Reindeer Food on the lawn, of course. Wouldn't want to forget that! And then - it's CHRISTMAS!

Man, is Jack excited! He can hardly wait to see what kind of presents Santa will bring. He has asked for Dinosaurs and a train. (Praise the Lord that Santa is technologically advanced enough to know all about ebay and overnight shipping - especially when items are continually being added to the Wish List.)

We remind Jack all the time just how blessed he is that Santa goes to our church (in the off season only of course - when he's not busy making toys) so that he can talk to him anytime he wants to and so that Santa can watch him being a good boy all year long. This morning at church, Jack saw Santa across the auditorium and made a beeline to make sure he knew what to bring and to remind Santa that he had been a very nice boy. Jolly old St. Nick just smiled and said, "I love you, Jack and I'll be coming to your house in two days!". Jack was absolutely beaming just as he is in the above photo, hugging his dear friend.

We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I pray that your encounters with friends and family will be sweet and that you will feel the peace and joy that can only come from Christ! (And I hope Santa is good to you, too!)