{Day 11}: Journey to Bethlehem
This experience might well be the highlight of our Christmas season...I mean Top Five Best Things Ever. It was THAT cool. Think Disney meets Colonial Williamsburg meets Improv meets a petting zoo meets the Nativity Story. Add a perfectly clear (and dry!) 40 degree night, three adults that couldn't stop grinning and four kids engrossed in the Gospel story...topped with actually 'meeting' baby Jesus and singing O, Come Let Us Adore Him at his feet. It was perfect. (and worthy of more than one picture):
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| Joining our caravan to Bethlehem |
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| Meeting the Three Kings |
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| Getting ready to feed a camel |
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| What's going to happen next?! |
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| Being turned away at the Inn |
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| Getting caught by the Romans |
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| Finding the newborn Savior |
{Day 12}: Sleep In Heavenly Peace
He was literally jumping on the couch and all over me seconds before. He stopped. Sat down. Fell asleep. Nighty-night.
He was literally jumping on the couch and all over me seconds before. He stopped. Sat down. Fell asleep. Nighty-night.
{Day 13}: Isaac's Team
We have been incredibly blessed by a team of specialists at Isaac's school--occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech & language pathologist, special education teacher, para-educator and his sweet kindergarten teacher...whom may end up being my daughter-in-law if Isaac has anything to say about it. I was so very anxious at the beginning of the year about who would be speaking over my boy at school, but the Lord provided a perfect team. So today we delivered our thanks and a bucket-full of HUGS to each.
We have been incredibly blessed by a team of specialists at Isaac's school--occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech & language pathologist, special education teacher, para-educator and his sweet kindergarten teacher...whom may end up being my daughter-in-law if Isaac has anything to say about it. I was so very anxious at the beginning of the year about who would be speaking over my boy at school, but the Lord provided a perfect team. So today we delivered our thanks and a bucket-full of HUGS to each.
{Day 14}: Skipping Advent Day 7
We've read through the Jesus Storybook Bible a couple of times now and there is always ONE story I skip over. And because that story is Day 7 of our Advent Calendar, we skipped tonight's reading. I love my child's name--I love the meaning, I love the Biblical context, I love the sound; ISAAC fits my child perfectly. But good gravy, I just can't read the story of Biblical-Isaac being nearly sacrificed to MY Isaac no matter how wonderful a redemptive story it is...at least not yet. Forgive me Lord, but I'm holding this one for later.
We've read through the Jesus Storybook Bible a couple of times now and there is always ONE story I skip over. And because that story is Day 7 of our Advent Calendar, we skipped tonight's reading. I love my child's name--I love the meaning, I love the Biblical context, I love the sound; ISAAC fits my child perfectly. But good gravy, I just can't read the story of Biblical-Isaac being nearly sacrificed to MY Isaac no matter how wonderful a redemptive story it is...at least not yet. Forgive me Lord, but I'm holding this one for later.
{Day 15}: Let it Snow!!
It's been in the forecast for days. Seattlites have hunkered down, readiness prepared and cancelled events. Live StormCast News has been prepped and reporting from every angle. We are prepared!! We will survive!! Trace to three inches...bring it!
...to be continued...
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