One of my Favorite things about Christmas...

One of my favorite things about Christmas is that our girls are still so very focused and excited about the true Reason for the Season. Although I am not sure that we can take full credit, it makes me very happy! It is so easy, especially when you have kids, to get caught up in all the hoop-lah because all the Santa and Reindeers and cookies and giving and receiving and lights and plays and gingerbread houses and hot cocoa and ice skating and trees and decorations and snowmen and on and on and on ARE so much fun, so easy to get caught up in! But, it is these girls, with their passion for Mary, that remind us where our focus should be. How lucky am I??

Josiah may as well just change her name to Mary each December 1st. And she has drawn Adalie into her plays. Adalie is usually Joseph, the Angel, the Inn Keeper and the wiseman. But if you come over to our house anytime in December, be prepared to play a role! Our house is sprinkled with mangers here and there and usually a bed for Mary as she waits for the wisemen to come bearing gifts.

So as I dug back into the archives, I remembered all the roles we have played...

Josiah, an angel 2005.



Josiah and Adalie with Amma, Grandpa, Gigi and GiPa 2005. Adalie still a little too peewee to be under Josiah's play directing!

One of our all time favorite pictures, Christmas 2006, Mary and Joseph.

Josiah as a wise"girl" in the Christmas Play 2006.

Inn Keepers with Grammy and Papa in Bethlehem 2007

And so this year was no different. Our girls were so excited to participate in the Christmas Story once again! And they were adorable!!

Josiah and Adalie with all their angel friends.

Our 2 little angels. I love that they hold hands and did so through much of the play that night. May they continue to hold one another's hands all through life!

Singing

and dancing. Hallelujah!!