Christmas morning

Miriam woke up on Christmas morning and discovered she had a few presents from us under the tree... we had to keep them hidden for the past few weeks because our cats kept tearing the ribbons off. She was pretty excited to tear open the gifts! We got her a few Discovery Toys from a party I went to a few weeks back (I highly recommend their products! They are such great quality and educational toys). She also got a Toddler Bible and the game Cootie. Here are a few pictures from the morning.

Merry Christmas Eve! And Happy Snowstorm!

What an interesting week this has been leading up to Christmas Eve. Last weekend, we were all warned that there could be a potentially very large snowstorm on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As much as I know snowstorms can cause many hassles for traveling, I still absolutely love them! We've been keeping our eye on the weather all week just to see what is supposed to happen -even though I'm still not sure the forecasters know how it's all going to turn out. Last night, I believe we got about 4" of snow and are now just eagerly awaiting for the rest of it. It sounds like we may end up getting more rain than snow after all, but we'll just wait and see. Thankfully for our family, Christmas plans have been changed to new days. It actually worked out better for us because we normally can't go to any family gatherings on Christmas Eve since Matt is at church! We also already celebrated my immediate family Christmas last Sunday and were able to get to Matt's parents' house this morning with the lull of the storm. I'm actually looking forward to a quiet Christmas with just Matt and Miriam. Hopefully we will spend the day making a few more Christmas cookies (since we have the time), opening up some presents, singing Christmas carols and enjoying a dinner at home. So even though this Christmas is turning out to be quite different than what we usually do, I'm sure looking forward to it!

On another note, I'm going to make it one of my goals to update the blog more next year... so hopefully more entries will be coming in the New Year!

A Different Perspective...

This morning, Miriam said to me, "Mama's married." To which I asked, "who is Mama married to?" She answered, "Papa!" I was glad she somehow knew what that meant and then she proclaimed, "Papa's married." And I asked, again, "to who?" Then she answered, "Jesus!" I had to laugh a little, but then I realized she is right -since we are the bride of Christ. So, whether or not she really "gets it," she still proclaims Truth!

Christmastime is here!

With the snow falling right outside the window, I finally feel like it's officially Christmastime. What a wonderful time of year! It's been so much fun watching Miriam get so excited about the lights, ornaments, decorations, Christmas movies, baking, presents and everything that comes along with Christmas. We've been doing our best to remind her that even though we do all those things at Christmas, it is ultimately to celebrate the birth of our Savior. She usually seems to understand that -even though there are some times that she says the baby in the manger is Moses. She has a Moses book and movie that I think confused the issue a bit... but anyway, we are all excited about this time of year!

Here are a few pictures of Christmas happenings...

Decorating Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma's house. Miriam had a great time!

Before we had our tree decorated, our cats enjoyed climbing up into it. After we put the lights and ornaments on, they have managed to stay out most of the time. We still need the spray bottle occasionally to keep them out.

Enjoy the Christmas season!