Merry Christmas 2007

A Merry Christmas to all!
It's been a very busy few weeks since we returned from Texas.
We had our Sunday School class Christmas party...
...for which we had to prepare the games.
We had our first fireplace fire of the season...
...which the kids really loved.
We sang songs by the fire before the kids went to bed.

We had the PVN church Christmas musical program...
...in which Jon played Santa...
...and a Victorian caroler...
...and a wise man.
Syndi played a part decorating a tree, and sang in the Children's Choir...
...and Junior was in the Children's Choir also.
It was quite a program, and after several practices and a couple of dress rehearsals, we had two nights of performances.
Then Grandpa and Grandma came into town.

We had a night of caroling with friends.

We ate soup (homemade Vegetable Beef and Irish Potato soups- boy were they good!) and sandwiches for dinner.

After a birthday cake for Joan Blackwelder, we headed out to the Roman Court assisted living center and sang Christmas carols for the residents. The folks really got into it, and especially enjoyed seeing the kids. We had fun talking to the people afterwards. The kids handed out candy canes and said "Merry Christmas!"
We had the Night in Bethlehem performance,
for which Jon spent many nights working on the signs.
But it went very well, as we said on the previous blog post.
The full moon in a cloudy Christmas Eve sky last night was quite beautiful.

Jon captured the light pouring into the valley behind our house.

Our Christmas tree in the living room had a beautiful glow last night.
Merry Christmas everyone!