The Joy of Christmas

Christmas Day was absolutely wonderful this year for our family! It started off around 7:30, the kids were bouncing off the walls to get down the stairs, and they both went straight for their new Gator!!! We knew that would be the big hit this year! Grafton also got a baby doll with diapers, a new cradle, a plasma car, roller skates, and lots of activity books and stocking stuffers. James got a plasma car and roller skates too, a John Deere wagon, vacuum, motorcycle, car rug, frog umbrella and lots of activity books and blocks. Price got a car she can be pushed in, a new lamb mat, some vera bradly bags, precious bloomers, and a few toys.  It was really a fantastic spread for the children!!!

The kids played and played and played all day, ate way too much candy, napped a little, then played even more. We were exhausted by the end of the day but have some really great memories of it all. And we were so thankful to have DeeDee and Uncle Scott at our house to experience all of it!  The kids have so much fun hugging on DeeDee and climbing all over Scott! It was really such a happy day.

Eric and I were looking back at last year saying "Wow, we had no idea then that we would have a 3rd child this Christmas!!!" and oh how special it was to be able to celebrate another 1st Christmas with another special baby.  God has blessed us beyond measure this year....what JOY we have in our hearts this Christmas!