Merry Christmas

Christmas this year was just different but still so wonderful.  Jay and Hannah are in FL for Christmas this year, soaking up the FL sun.  On Christmas eve me, Mike, Nick and Rylan went to church together and our church was stunning!  This is our second Christmas in the "new" building and this year it's beauty was just breath-taking.  After church the four of us came home and enjoyed lobster pasta made by Mike.  It was so delicious.  

On Christmas morning it was just Mike and I.  Another change that was just different this year.  Nick got up and went to Rylan's.  Mike and I opened presents together.  I got Mike a flame thrower that he really wanted.  I wasn't going to get it for him.  It had a stupid price tag but as I got closer to Christmas I took pity on Mike's long work hours and ordered it for him.  The man does work really hard and works very long hours.  I am so glad I pulled the trigger and ordered it for him.  It was worth every penny.  Mike was beyond happy!  

On Christmas morning we went to Kim's house for brunch, another difference this year.  We never go to Kim's on Christmas morning and we certainly never do brunch.  That being said we all really enjoyed it.  

 Rylan and I were matching on Christmas Day.  Nick and Rylan stopped in at our house on Christmas day, in between their christmas' with Rylan's family.  On Christmas night Kim and family and Uncle Steve came out for dinner.  Mike grilled steaks and we relaxed.  Everyone went home early as me, Mike and Craig had to work on Dec. 26.  

Although this Christmas was different, one thing remains the same.  The birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, was sent to this world to save us from our sins.  It's never lost on me what a beautiful gift He was and is.  To think God loved us so much that He sent His only son to this decaying, morally corrupt world.  As a mother I would never have sent Jay or Nick on such a mission.  I would want to keep them safe and secure in paradise.  But John 3:16 tells us God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  Thanks be to God for this glorious gift of salvation.