Christmas 2025

It was a beautiful Christmas. 

 

We went to the candlelight service on Christmas Eve. 

After church, we did our Advent readings and the girls opened new pajamas. 

On Christmas morning, I baked homemade cinnamon rolls. (We also had bacon, scrambled eggs, and onion slices, and coffee, of course.)

We had our final Advent readings and then opened gifts. 

I got an espresso machine. I've had to read the manual and learn how to use it, but everyone is loving this addition to our kitchen. 

One of the girls' gifts were headband headphones. They love them! 

We have had some amazing meals over the past few days: steak, prime rib, leftover prime rib with soft fried eggs and toast. Yum. 

And we've slowed down, reading, napping, crocheting, building new Lego sets and playing several boardgames including chess, Catan, Seven Wonders, and Poetry for Neanderthals. 

I love these days leading up to and after Christmas. It's been lovely to be together, spending time just enjoying life in no hurry.