We all made it through Christmas, and it was a pretty enjoyable time. And just to start off... no, there was no little baby born over the holiday. So we wait.
On the other hand. We had a great time with both of our families just hanging out and celebrating Christ birth. This year was extremely different from our last Christmas. All the way though Christmas eve I was waiting for the snow to hit in and we'd be stuck, not able to go anywhere. But, I'm happy to say that didn't happen. Actually, it wasn't that bad outside weather wise. We had just enough snow to sort of cover the ground so it made it feel a little more like Christmas.
Christmas eve was spent with Katie's family. We went out for a couple hours before our church service in town just to get organized and be around family. I will say that even though our church is in a theater, our Christmas eve service went really well and just seemed to fit our church family. God works in mysterious ways sometimes and I would like to say thanks to Marcus Theaters at Village Pointe for clearing out our regular place for us to have our service. Such a special moment to reach out to those that may not normally go to church and it's in an environment that's very inviting to everyone and doesn't seem to be stiff collared or anything like that. Extremely casual and relaxed.
Anyway, after the service we went back out to the Lautenbach house to have a lasagna meal and then open a few gifts that we had bought eachother and then just chilled for a little bit. Opened some stockings and then pretty much went home.
Christmas day was spent with the Schweitzer family. We unfortunately didn't get to have grandma and grandpa Schweitzer come up for the day, they were missed by everyone but we did have a pretty good time just being around one another and getting to catch up. We made a decent size lunch in our kitchen, which I must say for no bigger than it is... we did pretty ok moving around one another and helping eachother out.
The day went by to fast and before we all really knew it, the day was over and it was time for most of the family to head home. The one nice thing of using our house for get togethers is that we don't have to go very far to get back to bed. Once the Schweitzer's and Johnson's had left, back out to the Lautenbach's we went for a little more fun and family time.
The rest of the weekend was spent going to church, trying to rest and with some of our church family at our Pastor's open house. It's always good to get to hang out with church family more than just at church. Thank you Pearson's for opening your home up to everyone and being so hospitable.
Now on we go to the next holiday. Are you ready for the New Year and all it brings? I will say that if our son doesn't come before the end of this year, I'm extremely excited to welcome him in the New Year and see just what God has in store for our little famliy.
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