We got out our little tree and decorated it...well I did most of the decorating because Ed injured his finger playing football Thanksgiving morning. Correction,..he injured it warming up to play football Thanksgiving morning. So anyways, Vienna Sausage finger and I got out all of the decorations and hung them up while baby girl was taking a nap. My tree doesn't really have a theme or anything, just a conglomeration of ornaments acquired over time. Even though it isn't as aesthetically pleasing as a themed tree, I love how each and every ornament has a memory tied to it. I look forward to Cadence having her own little memories.
My Favorite Holiday Moments (in no particular order)
1. Waking up and finding that the door on the wood burning stove was open, there was a foot print in the ashes...Santa was there FOR SURE!
2. Leslie counting all the presents under the tree to make sure that Lynsey and I didn't have more than her.
3. When my great grandma gave my mom and my aunt Lori cutesy little underwear for Christmas in front of everyone. My mom opened them and then....tried to pretend that the gift didn't exist at all because she was mortified.
4. Lynsey, who was about a year or two old, was stuck behind our old upright piano bench and she couldn't figure out how to crawl out from behind it. Dad moved the bench out and then she just sort of followed it staying under it, crying. That's not that funny huh...more sad...I guess you had to be there.
5. Aunt Lori singing Aretha Franklin into my Mom's candlestick holder.
6. Leslie decorated the tree one year, being that she did all the work she cut out a picture of her face and placed it over the angel's on top of the tree.
7. Eating pancakes at Denny's in Arnold on late on Christmas Eve just Dad, Lynsey and I while Mom finished up at work.
8. One year Dad lifted Lynsey on top of his shoulders to put the angel on top and once she got up there she let one rip!
9. Every single year, my Mom and Dad have put a toothbrush in my stocking with the Candy. Now, it wouldn't be the same without the toothbrush.
10. My Mom and Dad used to hide presents in Dad's workshop in the basement before Christmas morning. What a coincidence that every year around Christmas my Mom would tell us that Dad dropped something in the workshop and there is glass EVERYWHERE,...so we shouldn't go down there and play.
11. Coming home Christmas night with Ed and my brand new baby girl
Here is a good Jim Gaffigan Christmas joke...
Ed and I are trying to keep up with an advent devotional our church posted online. It's pretty good. Here, have another link....
Thought I would share this too since it is Christmas. These are ten prophecies from the Old Testament, fulfilled in the coming of Jesus. I like stuff like this, because I feel like it helps solidify my faith.
1. Jesus will come from the line of Abraham. Prophecy: Genesis 12:3. Fulfilled: Matthew 1:1.
2. Jesus’ mother will be a virgin. Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14. Fulfilled: Matthew 1:18–23.
3. Jesus will be a descendent of Isaac and Jacob. Prophecy: Genesis 17:19 and Numbers 24:17. Fulfilled: Matthew 1:2.
4. Jesus will be born in the town Bethlehem. Prophecy: Micah 5:2. Fulfilled: Luke 2:1–7.
5. Jesus will be called out of Egypt. Prophecy: Hosea 11:1. Fulfilled: Matthew 2:13–15.
6. Jesus will be a member of the tribe of Judah. Prophecy: Genesis 49:10. Fulfilled: Luke 3:33.
7. Jesus will enter the temple. This is important because the temple was destroyed in A.D. 70 and was never rebuilt. Prophecy: Malachi 3:1. Fulfilled: Luke 2:25–27.
8. Jesus will be from the lineage of King David. Prophecy: Jeremiah 23:5. Fulfilled: Matthew 1:6.
9. Jesus’ birth will be accompanied with great suffering and sorrow. Prophecy: Jeremiah 31:15. Fulfilled: Matthew 2:16.
10. Jesus will live a perfect life, die by crucifixion, resurrect from death, ascend into heaven, and sit at the right hand of God. Prophecies: Psalm 22:16; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 53:10–11; Psalm 68:18; Psalm 110:1. Fulfilled: 1 Peter 2:21–22; Luke 23:33; Acts 2:25–32; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 1:3.
Okay, here are a few pictures from this past fall
Cadence at Jackson's soccer game
Jack and Cadence at the pumpkin patch
Pop-pop Mark and Cadence
GG and JoJo
Cadence got an early birthday present from Ed's Dad and his girlfriend Chris. She loves it!!
Maw Maw made Christmas cookies at our house
Halloween
Hoot Hoot, my little owl
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