Holidays

I'm way behind but wanted to put up a few pictures from the holidays.

This is what we did for Advent. The nativity scene belonged to my grandparents. It sat on their living room mantel throughout my childhood and young adulthood. Each evening this year we took turns reading an Advent passage from the Bible and then the reader would put up a star to count down until Christmas.


Every year our church has a family service on Christmas Eve that features a play. This year, I was the mother of Mary, 2 shepherds, the star, and the crucifer. It was very relaxing, we sat in the pew and watched, just the 2 of us! That's a first.


Here's the whole family on Christmas Eve, with our new rector, Mother Joy Rose:


Jacob and Lauryn in front of our church's nativity scene:


Christmas morning! Brianna was not amused to be awakened so early by her siblings, can you tell?


Here's proof that I can actually prepare and cook mush - it's a Christmas morning tradition that goes way back, I don't know how much generations, but through my mother's mother's family. You boil a fresh ham or pork roast. Then, you remove the ham and pour corn meal into the flavored broth. You then refrigerate it and fry it on Christmas morning in slices. Very yummy! The litmus test for a potential mate in our family is whether or not he or she likes mush ;-)


Chase's 14th (!) birthday, complete with cake and singing.