Merry Christmas!

Blessings to you and yours! Our family was blessed with a wonderful Christmas. We started our Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve by attending candlelight worship. While at church, Santa came to our house! He looked all around and saw that the kiddos weren't sleeping, so he left them some special pajamas to help them sleep. Sure enough, his pajamas worked like a charm and they fell fast asleep!

Christmas morning came quickly (6:15 am!) and Joe and I were soon greeted by Tim telling us Santa had arrived and left presents. We were surprised to see we had a white Christmas after all! We had just a dusting of snow by the time we got up. Tim was quite convinced before reading the tags on the gifts that all of the presents were for him :) He was able to read all of the tags and sort all of the presents this year! We were very proud of him! The kids spent the morning opening gifts and enjoying their time at home before we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Koenig's house.

Once we were packed up and ready to leave we pulled out of the garage to very slippery streets. On the way we saw several cars off the road. Joe's careful driving and God's protection got us to Jim and Carol's house safely. We enjoyed a wonderful meal and then we exchanged gifts. Afterward, Tim and Ben enjoyed playing GeoTrains while Joe and Andy played wii. Soon it was time to head to Grandma and Grandpa Adams' house.

We were happy to see that the roads had been cleared and were safe to drive on. We stopped at home, unloaded and headed out. Just a few miles down the road I realized we hadn't loaded the car - we forgot all of our gifts to give our family! We quickly turned around, loaded up, and went on our way.

Uncle Derick and Aunt Kate had already arrived. The kids couldn't wait to open yet another set of gifts! So, off we went and enjoyed yet another gift exchange. Once we finished we enjoyed another wonderful meal. The kids enjoyed playing with their new toys and with their Aunt and Uncle.

While a busy day, it was a wonderful day. We were thankful to be able to spend it with both sides of our family. Thank you to everyone who made our Christmas wonderful!