Bleh, looking nasty. Me, that is, not sweet Ruby.
Christmas 2012 was pretty good. The kids were up at their usual time, we opened presents, and then headed to church at 10:30. Santa brought James a Wii and a big firetruck as his main presents. Ruby got a Disney princess castle that she has been fawning over for months but does she ever really play with it now? Not really. I really enjoyed attending church on Christmas, although I wish we would have sung more carols other than the opening and closing songs. I wish we met together at church every Christmas Day to sing hymns and then go home. Adam said they did this in England where he served. Members met at the church for an hour to sing carols, regardless of what day Christmas fell on. It really helped set the tone for the day and was a great reminder for the purpose of the holiday. Right after church we went to Adam's parents' house to open presents with his siblings and eat dinner. At 4:00 we headed over to my parents' house and repeated the process. It was a good day but we were pretty tired by the end of the day.
3 comments:
I'm kinda surprised that you didn't sing lots of songs. I thought that is what every ward was supposed to do. Guess not! Glad you had a great Christmas! Hopefully you'll have a much better year in 2012!!
Well Lani, no ward compares to the 16th:( Still missing it like crazy!
I loved singing all the carols on Christmas. And just reading the scriptures that tell the story of Christ's birth. I was a baby that day and kept crying because it was so wonderful to be at church ON Christmas day. I think it would be awesome to meet together on any other day of the week for Christmas carols and story telling. Great idea!
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