Christmas Eve
Whew! What a busy & wonderful holiday we've had! We got things started with a festive Christmas Eve service at church:
This year, Jordi was chosen for the honor of entering with Father Chip and placing Baby Jesus in the creche. As you can see by her face in this picture, she was thrilled to be singled out in this way - and then get a big "OK!" for a job well done!
Since this was the early Christmas Eve service, there were mostly families & children in attendance. The atmosphere is usually more festive than serious, and this year Father Chip really took advantage of having the kids available. During the sermon, he asked them all to gather round, and then proceeded to speak directly to them about Christmas. What's in the box, you wonder? Christmas joy, of course - in the guise of boxes of candy! But Father Chip called it "joy," and gave a box of it to each kid at the end of his talk. The girls must have liked the idea of it being "joy" because they both only called it "joy" the whole rest of the night & next day while they were eating it!!
Keeping with the festive feel of the service, we heard a couple songs from the youth choir. This was the first year that Jordi was ready to participate, so even though they were a bit thin on members, we stuck with it regardless. They sang two songs for us - one with hand bells, even! As you can imagine, Jordi was quite eager to ring that bell! (She got it right almost every time, too!)
After church, we headed to the Ford's house for the annual Lewis family gathering & gift exchange. Our family increased by 2 this year (Ryan Lewis in January & Lily Lewis in April), so we had our biggest crowd yet - 27 adults & 10 kids! Here's a picture of Jordi modeling a gift from cousin Sarah: a hand-knitted princess hat!
Stay tuned for Christmas pictures!
This year, Jordi was chosen for the honor of entering with Father Chip and placing Baby Jesus in the creche. As you can see by her face in this picture, she was thrilled to be singled out in this way - and then get a big "OK!" for a job well done!
Since this was the early Christmas Eve service, there were mostly families & children in attendance. The atmosphere is usually more festive than serious, and this year Father Chip really took advantage of having the kids available. During the sermon, he asked them all to gather round, and then proceeded to speak directly to them about Christmas. What's in the box, you wonder? Christmas joy, of course - in the guise of boxes of candy! But Father Chip called it "joy," and gave a box of it to each kid at the end of his talk. The girls must have liked the idea of it being "joy" because they both only called it "joy" the whole rest of the night & next day while they were eating it!! 
Keeping with the festive feel of the service, we heard a couple songs from the youth choir. This was the first year that Jordi was ready to participate, so even though they were a bit thin on members, we stuck with it regardless. They sang two songs for us - one with hand bells, even! As you can imagine, Jordi was quite eager to ring that bell! (She got it right almost every time, too!)
After church, we headed to the Ford's house for the annual Lewis family gathering & gift exchange. Our family increased by 2 this year (Ryan Lewis in January & Lily Lewis in April), so we had our biggest crowd yet - 27 adults & 10 kids! Here's a picture of Jordi modeling a gift from cousin Sarah: a hand-knitted princess hat!Stay tuned for Christmas pictures!
posted by The Pullems @ 12/26/2007 05:11:00 PM
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