How ridiculously fortunate we are to be able to have such a wonderful Christmas celebration in Malaysia. With Doug's parents heading out of town next weekend, we celebrated our family Christmas a bit early. After church, we had a nice morning swim (notice the kids wet hair), and then we got to have a delicious ham, twice-baked potatoes, fruit salad, green beans, Swedish tea rings, and grandma's oreo cookie desert! What a ridiculous treat to have all these things as part of a Christmas celebrated half a world away from what we think of as "home."
And what a great reminder of the power of the incarnation -- we even got to hear Doug's dad preach this morning at St. Andrews!
We even were mildly successful in getting a family picture that didn't have too many grumpy components.
Gabi said that she wanted a dog and a stuffed animal. We'll the Woodward house isn't quite ready for the dog, but. . .combine the two and Grandma came up with a great idea!
Reeve was absolutely thrilled to get some Match-Attax cards, which warmly reminded his daddy of the many years of Christmas when the highlight was a set of baseball cards, and I could spend hours sorting the cards and looking at them. Topps sure knows what to do.
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oh, so the 3rd born didn't get anything for Christmas? Go figure.
The third born traditionally dominates the blog pictures, so I figured I'd better take some advise and not put too many pix on the page.
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