The Journey: Merry Christmas 2011

Well, Merry Christmas!

This has been one of our best Christmas'... on our own that is.

We would have preferred to be with family but it wasn't to be this year, so, that set aside, we did good!

We made cookies, butter cookies, sugar cookies, and Russian Tea cookies(YUM!). We visited friends and sang carols with the Dighans which was a very lovely evening. They are dear friends and we enjoy time with them. Luke played guitar and we all sang.

John and the kids took cookies to the Bulocks and got to have another visit with the bulldog pups, and got to find out which one would be ours in a week or two.

We skyped with McFam Christmas Eve and ended up opening presents with them all on camera! Which was quite fun, the kids kept running to the living room to get another present and then back to the Loft room, where the computer is with the skype and cam on it, to open the gift. Funny.

Christmas morning they got up and opened Stuffed Stockings. We went to church and got hear Daddy sing for offertory, which was wonderful! Home to have a delicious Christmas Day Dinner, actually it was Linner/Dunch, of Holiday Ham, Roasted Red potatoes w/onions, sweet corn, and croissants. Cookies for dessert!

After dinner we did our Advent Service, it was missing the rest of the McNamaras, but we did it nicely, and video-taped it! :)

Then we got to skype with Nana and Papa and Mimi, Nick, Madi and Mason! (and Pepper too!) It was so lovely to see their sweet faces and chat and be silly and push past those slightly awkward cam-silences -haha!

We miss our family with a deep ache, but counting our blessings we find our cups runneth over.

A delightfully relaxing day followed.

Thank You Sweet Jesus for this family, in this time, in this place. You alone are able. You alone are worthy. We praise You for where You have brought us. May we be a blessing.