What a busy but great month it's been. At our ladies' Bible Study we finished up the Beth Moore "Believing God"study. I was so encouraged by the way God was able to meet each of the women who participated. Each week the ladies shared their hearts as we reviewed the previous week's lesson. Thank you to each of you who participated and brought even more insights to my heart's attention. Now in January we will be starting Beth's "Stepping Up" study on several of the Psalms.
Of course Christmas and the preparations for it took up a good part of the month. I didn't do as much baking as I used to but did more entertaining than usual. We had the neighbours in for coffee and "appys", we hosted a dinner party, had the whole family home for dinner and Chris' birthday on the 23rd and then had our kids and grandkids, my parents and my sister and her family on the 24th.
Christmas morning was a wonderful time of sharing and celebration with our children and grandchildren. What fun to see Christmas through their eyes. In the picture on the right they are Evan (5 1/2), Nathaniel (almost 4), Kyle (almost 4) and Ella (almost 2)
I was so touched and blessed by the enthusiasm displayed by our Grandkids for the real reason for Christmas. They "read" the Christmas story with Chris before opening gifts and when we asked them to pray before opening their gifts they each willingly thanked the Lord for His Birthday in their own unique way.
I was so touched and blessed by the enthusiasm displayed by our Grandkids for the real reason for Christmas. They "read" the Christmas story with Chris before opening gifts and when we asked them to pray before opening their gifts they each willingly thanked the Lord for His Birthday in their own unique way.
Reading the Christmas story
Thank you Tim and Dulci, Dave and Chris for making Christ so much a part of your home that your children talk so easily to Him as their friend.
It was so much fun to see the cousins playing together. Kyle loves "babies" and Ella stole his heart away. All three boys loved the hotwheels track, Ella carried her animals around and when the boys made her the "monster" she delightedly chased the boys saying, "Rrrarr" and stomping her right foot. When asked if she was the monster, she said in her tiny, very feminine voice "uh Huh!"
Hot tubbing, decorating cookies, playing hotwheels and Lego, reading books, playing in the shop and outside. Can Papa and Nana think of anything more fun? As Ella would say,"No WAAY!"
Watching a bedtime DVD
We were also fortunate to be hosted by friends and neighbours on a number of occasions - how blessed we are to have so many wonderful people in our lives.
Hot tubbing, decorating cookies, playing hotwheels and Lego, reading books, playing in the shop and outside. Can Papa and Nana think of anything more fun? As Ella would say,"No WAAY!"
Watching a bedtime DVD
We were also fortunate to be hosted by friends and neighbours on a number of occasions - how blessed we are to have so many wonderful people in our lives. All I can do is praise my Heavenly Father who has graciously given all things (including family, fun times, health and peace) to enjoy.
The year ended with a New Year's Eve Italian style dinner at our house. Our friends, Gil and Susan had recently been in Italy and asked us to help them plan and host the meal, patterned after what they had experienced in Italy. It was great fun and we sat around the table til well after midnight enjoying the good food, wine and fellowship.
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