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.
oh, so the 3rd born didn't get anything for Christmas? Go figure.
ReplyDeleteThe 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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