The Most Wonderful Time

Tis the season to be jolly, and joyful, and thankful, and hopeful

And we are!  

(Lovely knitted stockings by Grandma!)

The Christmas season becomes more and more fun as the kids grow.

We love celebrating Jesus' birth.

It is the most wonderful gift ever given.  

Mind blowing to really stop and ponder.

We enjoy gift giving, cocoa sipping, Christmas caroling, ornament hanging, all because of Christ.

To freely enjoy these Christmas traditions is a blessing.

My very favorite tradition is picking the tree.  

And the kids favorite...

Decorating it

(Judson was SO into the decorating thing this year.)

(His job was just to look cute.)

(Ava worked very diligently to get these snowmen just right.)

We also continue to enjoy our new town.  

We watched the local Christmas Parade and I loved snuggling this sweetie, who rarely lets me wear him in the Ergo anymore :-(

God just perfectly placed us right next to a sweet family with 8 children.  

5 of whom were adopted from Asia.  

Encouraging conversation and a beautiful light parade made for a wonderful night!

And finally, this month of December is always busy for me and my photography.  

Still loving it...

Merry Merry Christmas.  

What a wonderful time of year.