Christmas 2011 Recap

Christmas Eve was a joyful time in Stewartville.

We had 3 worship services at Zion on Christmas Eve.

Then Christmas Day began with a 9am worship service.

I was thankful for all the worship time and fellowship time.

And the story of Jesus' birth did take on a whole new dimension for me this year.

I love how that story never gets old;

there's always some new detail or bit of background to discover.

Then, after all the great church time,

I got to have FAMILY TIME throughout the afternoon on Christmas Day!

(And I got to have a great phone chat with my dad on Christmas Eve)

After leading worship on Sunday morning,

I immediately went home to put on my new KITTEN PAJAMAS!

Background information: #1: I have a very silly sense of humor. #2: I am allergic to cats. #3: The kittens on my pajamas are sitting inside of mittens!

For some reason, the fact that I am allergic to cats made me love the idea of cat pajamas more than anything! I love these new pajamas more than any other pajamas ever. I wore them for a few hours on Sunday (until our family nature walk). I fully intend to wear my kitten pajamas as often as possible throughout the winter months. I may even find some way to wear them at church.

Family time was great, and I savored every moment of it!

We ate delicious food prepared by my mom.

We laughed.

We shared.

We took a great hike.

I am so so so very thankful.

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas, too.

Post-holiday reminder: This week's Word of the Week is: "Shoes."

Email me your shoe pic right now while you're thinking of it!

I thought it would be amazing if I could have an epic photo of me jumping high into the air for the blog. It turns out, I am a TERRIBLE jumper. So here are some photos of me trying to jump. My brother and mother were great sports about this project. Thanks you two!