Dec 30, 2013

Our Christmas Fancies and Merry Christmas


We had a lovely Christmas full of family, childlike excitement, love, giggles, and quiet moments of reflection on the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

I had planned to wish you a Merry Christmas a little sooner than December 30th, but we were happily wrapped up in Christmas festivities (Not to mention not-so-happily experiencing momentary illness...which by the way, did it seem like almost everyone you knew had some form of illness around Christmas?).

So here it is several days after and I am hoping you all had a very Merry Christmas.

One of my favorite days leading up to Christmas is Christmas Sunday, i.e. the Sunday just before Christmas. The absolute best is when Christmas falls on a Sunday. I love celebrating the birth of Christ through sacred hymns and inspirational messages of His birth and life. I love that we dress up just a tad bit fancier than normal. I love that the congregation is busting with visiting family and friends, even if they aren't ours.

I just love it all.

This year, I didn't really get the boys anything new to wear to church, specific for Christmas anyway. I pulled together a few things we already had that looked fancy and "Christmasy".


My wardrobe rummaging explains how this precious little Christmas lumberjack look came to be.


My blue-eyed handsome boy is still just a tad too small for a suit. However, he happily wore this black and red flannel with a black paisley tie I made for the boys two Christmases ago.

The other boys all wore their normal Sunday suits, spruced up with a bit of red in their ties.


It is killing me with how old Oldest is starting to look!


Middle, my stoic handsome one as always.


Then there is Little, always photogenic and always too cute for his own good.


We didn't have mistletoe, but that didn't keep us from smooching it up in front of the Christmas tree. Oldest got it all on camera.


This particular Christmas Sunday, we were miraculously ready quite a bit early for church. So that means I got to snap a lot of pictures...okay, as many as my rowdy boys would allow.

A Christmas hug for dad.


A cute little Christmas "cheese".


A little extra pose, which he came up with all by himself.


I really feel blessed to have this family of boys. I am lucky to be the lone lady amongst all these gentlemen.


I hope you had a warm and wonderful holiday season, and that you continue to feel that warmth into the New Year.

3 comments:

Kat said...

What a lovely family! I enjoy reading your blog. All the best to you and yours!

Larissa@Just Another Day in Paradise said...

Thanks Kat!!!

SStockhoff said...

Those are some great pictures with some handsome boys! The parents look pretty amazing too. We love you all.

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