Christmas Cheer

The early risers- 7:30!

The later riser included- 8:30

Highlights of our Yultide:

• Presents including: tiger wheely, scooter, guitar, bike shopping trip, rubik's cube, the entire Northern Exposure series, the Once sheet music, and the ever popular sibling gifts (jump rope, lego friends, light saber, minecraft sheep)
• The hit of the stockings was... a package of ramen noodles each.
• We had a small devotional at the church and then proceeded to wear everyone out with dodgeball and kickball.
• Dinner with friends- Duck L'Orange  

This was Christmas Eve when they each opened one present of my choosing. Calvin was really hoping it wasn't underwear. It was pajamas.

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear- Christmas Eve

The Beutlers hosted a fantastic Christmas Eve feast- complete with a Nativity and Carol singing. There's nothing like a house full of friends and kids to help make a dent in the nostalgia for big extended family Christmases of yore.

Trust Bryn to find (make) the only speaking part in the Nativity- she started quoting several verses of angelic scripture when her part came.

A toast!

The star-studded cast

The Science of Christmas Eve

We continued our tradition of going to the Museum of Science on Christmas Eve. I believe this was our 4th Christmas Eve at the museum. We spent most of our time at the Pixar exhibit and the Rocketship ride, knowing that we had the whole year to explore the museum thanks to the membership gifted by my parents.

Posing with Dory

Glimpses of Advent

In a reversal of the usual age discrepency, they cast Bryn as Mary and Ben as Joseph.

Cece in the Golden Sun

At Advent tonight, Cece started giggling as we began singing "Twelve Days of Christmas," and gleefully threw her hands up toward the ceiling with the other revelers on "five golden rings." This is progress from the toddler that spends most of the singing program fighting the barricade between her little body and the keyboard that separates her from her mom.

You can guess where that rock went moments after the picture was shot. Luckily, she missed.