Photos from Christmas Past

I finally found time to put some Christmas photos on here...

Here are three camels getting ready for the church Christmas play. Sam is the camel on the left. The play was all on CD, and the kids just had to move their mouths...a great idea. The camels part was a rap song, and it was so cute! They were supposed to dance. The middle camel was quite the dancer, as you can tell. One line of the rap song went, "Its been a long time since we've gotten to eat. The guys on our backs say they got sore seats." Makes you think...the wise men must have been certain of what they were searching for, because they spent a long time on the journey and did not stop until they found God's Son. How about me, do I keep on the path to Jesus or get sidetracked? HMMMM...

And here is Miss Christmas herself! Her favorite gift was probably a stick horse and a flashlight.

Eli received an Ethiopian flag, which is proudly hanging on his wall.

And this is the beloved Daddy. No kidding, every morning the first thing all three kids will ask is "Where's daddy?" Eli has to go in our room to look for him, as if I'm lying that daddy went bye-bye. Its so sweet. Sam is very enamored with daddy right now, to the point of wanting their clothes to match and wanting to eat the exact same thing. Now, if only we can realize the great opportunities this gives us to shape him, for Daddy will not always be his hero...maybe Jesus can be though.

This Christmas we were able to make a few gifts for our loved ones, and its so much more fun to give something that you've put time into. We made a photo album for Eli, mostly with farm pictures, and he loves it. We made stick stars from sticks from our woods. We tied them with twine and they look rustic. Also, we used old barn wood from one of the farms barns, to make signs that read Gregory Farms. We gave these to my brother and dad with poems about the barn. Homemade gifts are fun...I'm already thinking about next year. I like to search for ideas online and then personalize them for our family.