Merry Christmas!

Chris and I had a great first Christmas together. Christmas Eve, we spent time together singing songs about the birth of Jesus and talking about goals to become more Christ-like this year. We then went over to spend the evening with all of our favorite work friends at the Flynn's house for Christmas Eve dinner and celebrations. We had a great time there!

Here I am with the Flynn twins, Scott and Colin. It's so fun to have cute little kids to play with while I am so far away from my sweet nieces and nephews.

Here' the gang. In the Back, we have baby Abigail, Matt, Cale, Chris, Jason, and Sean and in the front we have Shannon, me, and Janine. We just had a Christmas gift exchange and received Christmas Crackers. These are very popular in England, with gifts inside, including crowns. So, we all had to show off our crown.

We had a blast on Christmas day. We woke up at 7:30 to go open Christmas presents. Since our Christmas tree is in storage in Virginia and English trees aren't very pretty, we were lucky enough to borrow a tree from a friend who was in the States the month of Christmas. Thanks Holly!! We also picked up a few nativities to spread the magic of Christmas all around our house. It was awesome! We got several fun games for Christmas and spent a good chunk of the morning playing Wii Ski, Country Karaoke, Blokus, and Nintendo DS games. We then made goodies and delivered them to several of our friends. We feel so blessed to have so many amazing friends here. We also had the opportunity to talk to all of our family members. What a blessing to have such easy ways to keep in touch with our loved ones.We were so busy on Christmas that we didn't get a chance to start our puzzle. Luckily, we had the rest of the weekend to finish it. We love puzzles and had a blast putting together this Christmas scene.