The Christmas Season

I got some really great Christmas shots this year. Look at the excitement on the faces of those guys... Woo-hoot!

I really had a very nice Christmas this year. One gets to appreciate the holidays spent with family... Watching everyone open their gifts is always so fun. Ben loved the watch I bought him and Adam was thrilled about his new framing nailer. I'm ready to make some jam with the new stock pot Adam bought me (YES! I really wanted one!). But most importantly, Christmas is a time to celebrate what the Lord has done for us. To imagine that the God of the universe would send His Son to be born as a baby, in a stable full of dirty animals, no less... How grateful I am that He did that for us. And that He would except you and I as His followers and His children. Excepting us has to be much more humbling than being born in a stable. We were so much dirtier than any of those animals. But because Jesus was born in that stable so long ago, we can be washed clean in His blood and have our eternal hope in Him. God is so good. Praise His name... He is the reason for our joyful celebration.