Merry Christmas

Here we are once again!  Waking up today to a white Christmas, all the kids are still cozy in bed and I am getting ready for a wonderfully joyous day.  After the boys open presents and see what is in their stockings we will have breakfast at my Mom’s.  A family tradition, where we will have cream of wheat, toast and bacon.  This has been my Christmas breakfast as long as I can remember, I love this warm breakfast.  It is nostalgic for me.

After that we will head to my Sister in Laws house to share present and enjoy delicious food prepared by her Swedish Chef husband.  The boys get to run around and have fun with their cousins, while we can all hang out and visit.

I love this time of year.  What do I love especially most?  It is when we celebrate God coming to earth to dwell among us, Emmanuel.  I love that Jesus came to earth in the most humble circumstances, the King of Kings, so that we may have a relationship with God and become children of God.  We celebrate the birth of our Savior.

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹² And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”^[c]

¹⁵ When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” ¹⁶ And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the babylying in a manger. ¹⁷ And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. ¹⁸ And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. ¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. ²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Merry Christmas from the Family O!