Is It Too Late to Wish You a Merry Christmas?

I know it’s probably a little bit late to be doing a Christmas recap, but c’est la vie.

(I actually don’t know what that means, but it sounds right :)

Dave gave me a new camera for Christmas, but have no fear. You can continue to expect the same mediocre quality of pictures from me that you’ve come to know and love. I’m not a photographer. I’ve come to accept it.

And, as per usual, I was so busy enjoying the celebration that most of the time I completely forgot to take pictures anyway.

(This is where Dave slaps himself on the forehead and wonders why on earth he bought me a camera in the first place)

Anyway.

We had our own little celebration at home on Christmas morning, then headed to my parent’s house for brunch.

Here’s one of the only three pictures I have of Lily. Note how Dave’s arm is in focus but Lily’s face is blurry. I’m talented like that.

All the little boys got K-State jerseys and helmets. They were a big hit.

 

Even Lily got in on the fun.

Sophia had fun playing laying with her cousin Adyson – born just shy of one month apart.  Can you tell which is which? Their cousins couldn’t :)

I’m not sure what’s going on here but it must’ve been something interesting because I took a picture.

And that’s it.

New Year’s Resolution #1 – use my camera.

We really did have a wonderful Christmas, even if I don’t have the pictures to prove it. I had planned on doing a nice little Christmas post with our Christmas card and a poem that I love but didn’t get around to it then…so I’ll just do it now, even if it is a little late :)

Let the stable still astonish;
Straw – dirt floor, dull eyes;
Dusty flanks of donkeys, oxen;
Crumbling, crooked walls;
No bed to carry that pain,
And then, the child,
Rag-wrapped, laid to cry
In a trough.
Who would have chosen this?

Who would have said: ‘Yes.
Let the God of all the heavens
And earth
Be born here, in this place’?
Who but the same God
Who stands in the darker, fouler rooms
of our hearts
and says, ‘Yes.
Let the God of Heaven and Earth
be born here --
in this place.’

Merry Christmas! Though the holiday rush is over, I pray that we will continue to praise Him for “choosing this” all throughout the New Year.