Christmas Holiday!
Merry Christmas! We had a quiet holiday at home this year - with some fun family events thrown in. Christmas eve - I went to the family worship on my own - and helped out with the kids and the program. It was a fun worship service and the kids did a good job with their singing and setting up the Christmas story. We had take out for dinner - Paul, Kristin and me - a first for this family. Paul and I went to the late service - the choir sang - and stayed afterwards for a little gluhwein and cookies. Christmas morning we slept in and enjoyed just being at home. John and Sasha came over in the early afternoon - we opened gifts and had our meatballs and rice pudding along with ham and mashed potatoes in the early afternoon. Went to the movies altogether and saw "Into the Woods" which we enjoyed. Came home afterwards for cookies and more fun. Unfortunately, Kristin had to work the day after Christmas but Paul did not. Paul and ...