I’ve spent the last couple of hours or so combing through all the pictures we took in December. I sorted them, did a little editing and am waiting for them to finish uploading to an online photo album. 237 pictures! Here’s a screen shot of the collection so far:
In looking at this snapshot of a bunch of snapshots, many thoughts come to mind. First: there are a lot of us. Second: we truly enjoy each others’ company. Yes, these are not new revelations, but it is good to be reminded of the great blessing of family.
Here’s a another screen shot of photos, mostly of the Worley household on Christmas morning. When I look at these thumbnails, I think: abundance. In spite of occasional tight financial times, overall, we have been blessed with the ability to give good gifts to our kids. Incidentally, especially from a kid’s perspective, “good gifts” come in many forms. I think I’ve written before about our friends, the Yokes. About how, when they were first married with four small children, things were stretched so thinly that for their first Christmas in a new home, all they could manage to buy was balloons. They bought as many as they could and spent Christmas Eve blowing them all up. On Christmas morning, the kids woke up to a houseful of balloons that they played with all day. Even as adults, the four kids looked back on this Christmas as their favorite.
This set of pictures was taken at Dull’s Tree Farm. Tradition is such important part of celebrating special events. We have been going to this tree farm since before we had kids. It is a truly beautiful place that just seems to get better each year.
In Indiana, snow in December is not a given, but we sure do love it! About a week before Christmas, we got about 5 inches in a 24-hour period and the younger kids made the most of it!
It’s amazing to me to think that all of this (and more) happened in one month! And of course, it wasn’t all snowflakes and Hershey’s Kisses all month. Mixed in with this was loss and grief, illness (colds that hit days before Christmas and left me with laryngitis on Christmas day), schoolwork, housework, deadlines and longer-than-normal to-do lists. And yet, “unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given” and in Him we “live and move and have our being.” Joy to the world! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful family...
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