Merry Christmas

She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”  Matthew 1:21

In all our Christmas fun, we will not forget the birth of our Savior, or the reason for His coming!  We rejoice that through His birth, death and resurrection we are redeemed!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Recital

Rachel played "Toyland" and "Sing Noel" - beautiful!
Bret played, "The First Noel" and "Joy to the World". What a performer!

The recital followed Mrs. V's annual Pizza Pepsi Party! The boys ended the evening with a good game of chase around the church foyer - great!

Once home, we made popcorn, and hot cocoa then settled down to watch Episode One of the "Horatio Hornblower" A & E Series. Loved it, and highly recommend it. It's fiction through and through, but fun for us to watch. Bret is extremely informative throughout the movie, filling us in on definitions, etc. Tonight I learned what "grappling" is! Very Cool!

A Good Shot

Christmas Card Poses

"The Winner!"
Other Choices...

Too Fun!

Yum!

Goodbye Clean Room!

After 6 viewings of "Wall-E", 2 "Prince Caspians", and numerous library videos - Lilly mustered the strength to scoot to her bedroom and do something more familiar!

She is our principal mess maker! We're glad to see her back at task! Once again, thank you for your prayers. She is almost completely off pain meds and is sleeping well at night!

Pretty In Pink!

Thank you for your prayers!
Everything went as well as the ER doctor said it would. We heard scary stories this weekend of pins, settings, and surgeries, but none of that was needed! The doctor did decide to add an extra layer of pink. Somehow he got the impression that Lilly is a busy girl :)! Lilly can begin wearing a cast shoe in three weeks -so she'll be walking on her leg! In six weeks the cast should be off!

We're thanking the Lord for His protection, healing and mercy. Praise the Lord!

Frisbee Herding Lilly

That a boy - keep her in line!