Sunday, January 19, 2014

Christmas 2013!!

The Best Christmas Gifts Ever!!!
Dennis and Kathryn
Travis, Kim, Sabrina, Whitley, Bailey, Morgan, Mylee
                                     Chad, Tiffany, Gunnar, Jessica, Kourtney, Zach and Rylee
Stephen, Tara, Trinity, Grace, Jovie and Indy
Adam, Tristen, Cade, Luke, Pyper and Redd
 
                                             Treavor, Sara, Owen, Lewis and Kathryn
                                               Clay, Telisa, Bodie, Tatum and Lincoln






                                                             Christmas Eve 2013
We started with the feast!!



 



Our Christmas Program this year was a little different.  Thanks to the persistence and genius techiness of
Tiffany, we put our Nativity program on a DVD and let the kids watch themselves for a change.  In addition, Cade played a Christmas carol on the piano, Trinity shared a story about the Savior,  Owen sang a Christmas song, the Peters
Family Singers shared their talents and lastly Chad shared his testimony of our Savior.  We were crying too much to
take any pictures of that.  After the program we showed the video "The Candy Bomber", then Grandpa
Dennis came in with handkerchieves filled with candy for all the grandkids.   It was all very touching, and I thank
you all for your participation!!!


                            


                           

                           

Gift opening time!  The grandkids each had drawn a name of one another and had a budget
of $5.  They had to be pretty creative!!!




Dennis surprised me with a beautiful painting of the Savior
being comforted by an angel called "Agony in the Garden"
by Frans Schwartz  I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!


                           

 The things I love about Christmas are hearing my family laugh, cry, enjoy eating, feeling the true meaning of Christmas, opportunities to serve, Christmas music, the smell of Christmas trees, lots of hugs and kisses.  I am especially grateful this year for computers that allowed me to Skype so I could see and hear my loved ones that weren't with us this year, Clay, Telisa, Bodie, Tatum, Lincoln and Elder Beus!!  (Thanks Jess, for taking all these pics so I could do my thing!)