Christmas 2011

I know this is a solid month late, but our camera broke on Christmas Day and I had to wait for our new camera to arrive to get my pictures off the memory card. Alas, the new camera arrived last night and I finally got to take a look at the pictures we took the 2nd half of December. We had a really fantastic Christmas staying at home in Denver. We split Christmas into 2 days, celebrating with just the 4 of us on Christmas Eve (we pretended it was Christmas Day) by opening stockings…presents from my family…enjoying a Christmas breakfast…opening presents. This was not only a special time for the 4 of us, but helped break up all the present and overwhelming nature of it for LP & Shep. We headed over to RC’s parents house around noon on Christmas Eve and spent the rest of the day with more family, had a great meal, went to the Christmas Eve service and played games. We spent the night of Christmas Eve at RC’s parents house and then celebrated with them on Christmas Day. It was one of the most relaxing and enjoyable holidays we have had…there is just something nice about being at your own home. I also think that by staying home (and having no guests) we really had the time to reflect on the power of Christ coming to Earth as an infant, the celebration of God setting in further motion the rescue of His people. This year was also the first year that we felt Linden was really starting to understand the meaning of Christmas, and the importance of giving because of that, which was very special for both RC and I to experience with her.

So, for my own gratification, here are our Christmas pics…