We had a GREAT Christmas this year! This was the first year we've had our elf come to our house. (I'll post on that soon!) It was Nora's first Christmas and Andrew's first Christmas really getting into Santa and knowing the true meaning of Christmas. It was so nice having all of my siblings and their families all together. I love spending time with family!
On Sunday we went to church with my parents. It was so nice to listen to all the music and spoken word. My grandpa spoke in church - and man, was it a great talk! I'm so grateful for him and his sweet and strong spirit.
(between sleepy kids after church, bad camera settings, and a low battery for my flash- this was the best pic we got. So glad we got picture of all of us though!)
We spent the holiday with my family. Here's a great picture of all the McKinney cousins. What a fun group of kids!
On Christmas Eve we had the kids act out the Nativity as my Grandpa read out of Luke 2.
Gavin and Kayla as Joseph & Mary, and a doll as baby Jesus.
Andrew was a shepherd and Nora was a sheep! Brooke, my niece was also a wandering sheep.
It was really nice having a Christmas program. We sang songs and remembered Christmases past.
The next morning Santa came. It was so sweet as I was putting Andrew to bed, you could easily feel his excitement for the arrival of Santa. I could hear him giggling as he was going to sleep. He even woke up at 5:30 wanting to go downstairs. Thankfully we were able to get him to go back to bed for another 2 hours.
Santa brought the kids a new play kitchen, fully stocked. They got a few more toys to play with as well.
I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas too!
