Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas is almost here!!

We've been busy getting ready.....

Decorating Daniel's tree: Having a Christmas party at school:

Celebrating Pop's and Uncle Chuck's birthday:


Eating Christmas cookies:

Daniel is really excited about Christmas this year. We've been talking about how it's not just about presents but about Jesus coming to earth to be our Savior. It's tough - you don't really know what's sinking in and what's going in one ear and out the other. The other night, 10 minutes before a bunch of people show up to our home for a party - mom is running around like crazy, doing all of those last minute things - and Daniel goes and gets his Bible off the shelf. He brings it into the kitchen and proceeds to read:

'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.' John 3:16

'What does that mean mom?'

Wow - I couldn't believe it. Just out of the blue, he is asking me that. What a moment! So, in the midst of all the busyness - I explanied how God loved us soooooo much, He sent His only son Jesus, and that's what we celebrate at Christmas. But God didn't send Jesus just to be a baby, He sent Jesus to grow up and die on the cross to pay for our sins. And He did that as a gift for us - the greatest gift ever.

I hope you can celebrate this great gift in your home this Christmas.

Much love to you all! Thanks for sharing our lives and our love of sweet Daniel.

Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

The tree is up!!

With his 2 minute attention span, Daniel helped us as much as he could with getting the tree up and decorated. Daniel keeps asking me how many days until Christmas. He is pretty excited! I asked him, 'What's your favorite thing about Christmas?' Well of course he said presents. 'What else?', I asked. 'Being with your family and having joy' he said. What a great answer!!

School Christmas Program

Daniel's Christmas program at school was last week. It was mandatory for his music grade, but we wouldn't have missed it for the world! He was so excited. All the kids got to pick their instrument and he was playing the bell tree. He told me, 'Mom, you can't just pick what you like - you have to think about what you're good at.' And then they sang also. Their music teacher is very dedicated. The entire program was with music provided by the kids - no CD. She says they will be more invested in it if they do it all. We were really impressed with the performances. Daniel was so proud. You could see him trying to hide his big smile.