Project 365, Week 52

Yay for Christmas!! It looked different this year, which was difficult, but the fundamentals of Christmas will never change, no matter how different traditions look. My heart is full of gratitude.

December 20

Avery's in the countdown for getting her driver's license, so Shaun and I sat down with her to talk business/finances. She's smart, trustworthy and responsible and there is so much about adulthood to know. I admire her for valuing our input and wisdom. And also I cannot believe we are here already.

December 21

Family time doing a little holiday gift card pickup.

December 22

The last of the 35 wires coming out of the front of the building were removed...SO much better!

December 23

We picked up groceries and Aiden's last minute gift, out with ALL the other shoppers.

December 24

I sat in the stillness of the morning for quite some time, snow softly falling outside.

Kiki sent me a picture of my dad doing something similar. Peace.

The snow was a surprise and Ginger thought it was just grand!

The day was spent preparing and picking up last minute food items.

And then (without arguing!) we were in the car, headed to our candlelight service.

It was a beautiful time of pausing and of worship to the King.

Kelly and C4 were on family candle-lighting duty and Nathanael was working behind the scenes to provide a quality streaming service for those online.

Because of Covid, etc the crowd that often tops over 40 was under 20 at Amy and Colombo's. Amy put in so much work and everything was beautiful. It felt strangely quiet and we were all able to fit around one table. It was lovely.

With our carfull of kids, we drove by the best lights in our town.

December 25

Christmas morning! Even after a late night, these two were up at 7am, excitedly exchanges the gifts they'd bought each other. It was SO sweet!!

We exchanged a missing-you-dearly, not-the-same-without-you morning photo with our family in New York. People came and went. We laughed, we loved, we opened gifts, we played games and we finished out the night with Elf by the fire. It was a good day.

 December 26

The next day, the kids pitched in and we cleaned up and put away Christmas, leaving only the tree with lights on. It felt good to get everything back in order.