It was great (although noisy and chaotic) to finally enjoy Christmas at home with the kids. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas activities.
Finally a decent Christmas card photo taken on a frigid night at Dutch Wonderland.
Hope's and Matt's first visit with Santa (Hershey Park).
Matt and Hope decorate a (real) tree for the first time.
Hope puts her first ornament on the tree.
The kids were very proud of their beautiful tree.
Christmas Eve breakfast with Grandmom
Opening presents Christmas Eve with Nana and Pop
Santa came!
Matt is more interested in Tim's pirates than his own gifts.
Oh, this is mine?
Midway through opening gifts, the 2 big kids went around the house to see if baby Jesus was in the manger now. (We have a few - Mike's mom's, my granny's, a few others that baby Jesus doesn't come out of, and a new outdoor set from Nana and Pop.) As Tim explained to Hope when they were setting up the outside nativity, "On Christmas Eve Santa will bring baby Jesus and put him in the manger. Well, I don't know why Santa would bring baby Jesus, but I can't think of any other way for him to get here." So, for now, we are going with Santa puts baby Jesus in all our mangers when he delivers gifts.
The kids in their Christmas outfits with Nana and Pop
2 comments:
Looks like a wonderful Christmas. We'll have to meet up at Dutch Wonderland this spring or summer.
Ginny
Hi -
We wanted to let you know that my friend Stacy and I are starting a orphan ministry for the children in Kaz. We have been home with our Kaz cuties since this summer but our hearts still ache for the children left behind. Our first big project is a Kaz Cookbook. We are asking all Kaz adoptive families to donate 1-3 of their favorite family recipes to be published with all the proceeds going to charity. If you would like to donate a recipe and for more information please visit www.hopeforkazakhorphans.blogspot.com.
We hope to hear from you.
Thanks,
~Kim and Stacy
Two Hearts For Hope
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