Christmas 2013...

If you were to visit my house this afternoon...

it would be hard to say whether Christmas visited us this year or not. 

I tend to be over-zealous about putting things "back-to-normal"...

so the day after Christmas the lights were unplugged, the boxes packed up, and the attic was full!

But rewind a few days...

Christmas Eve this year found us up early with the oven 

piping out yummy smells of ooey-gooey cinnamon rolls!

Jason and the boys had their list...and the girls and I had ours...

we were off for our annual cinnamon roll drop off! 

With two different sleighs running in two different directions...

we both made it home before lunch with plenty of time to get ready for our evening festivities!

This year we teamed up with our friends, the Howards, 

to put on a Christmas Eve show for the lil ones at our church.

Each year we serve in the nursery for one of the services...but this year we decided to do a little bit more.

With help from all of our kiddos, we had a little bit of singing, acting, reading, dancing...and lots of fun!!

While we love to be in the service...preparing our hearts for Christmas...this year our children took away so much more in their understanding of serving and it truly made the evening so very special!!

The next morning, Jason was up early with anticipation! 

He sat around "waiting" for the kids to come barreling down the stairs!

He didn't have to wait too long...

It was a wonderful Christmas...celebrating the birth of our Savior...enjoying the blessing of family...reveling in the gracious provision of our Lord.

Merry late Christmas from our family to yours!!