* Last Sunday morning, Ryan and I were welcomed into membership at our church. We've been going there for almost three years, but we hadn't officially become members. We also served as narrators (again) for one of the songs in the morning service - one of the songs from the program earlier this month. And that night we had our first Christmas celebration, with Ryan's step-dad and siblings out at the cabin. It was a very different kind of Christmas, since it was our first without his mom, but it was still a good evening.
* Tuesday was Christmas Eve, and it was beautifully warm and sunny here in Indiana. Ryan and I were greeters at our church's Christmas Eve service, and we stood outside to welcome people - with no coats! LOVED THAT! The candlelight service was beautiful, and then we went to Ryan's grandma's house to have Christmas with his dad's side of the family. Came home, made our little pallet on the living room floor, and slept under the tree for Christmas Eve!
* Wednesday was Christmas Day, so we had our own family (of two) Christmas at home that morning. We had lunch and a gift exchange with my family at my parents' house, and then we went to the celebration for Ryan's step-family. I counted 37 people in a very tiny house. It was lively!
* Ryan and I already had plans for the day after Christmas (prior to my taking the job) so we both had the day off and loved every minute of it. Shopping, breakfast out, and a nice long walk through the neighborhood in the afternoon. (Still sunny and in the 60's!)
* Friday morning I took this picture of Ryan drinking his coffee by the tree in the kitchen. I knew trees would be coming down on Saturday, so it was one last hurrah for cozy mornings. I went to work for what proved to be a truly crazy day of stumbling through unfamiliar programs and trying to work machines I've never used. One of the pastors gifted me this water bottle (which I love!) that says it all! Ryan and I stayed home Friday evening so I could finish writing a sermon for today (I'm speaking at a church this morning) and we had coffee from our fancy new Keurig my sisters got us for Christmas!
* Yesterday was operation undo and redo. Have you done that yet at your house? I started about 10 in the morning and Ryan joined me when he got home from work, and we were still working about 10:00 last night! We got all the trees taken down, the house put back together and decorated for January, and Ryan even got a little extra organizing done in the garage, which made him pretty happy! It was a lot of hard work, but oh my goodness, we are so happy with our freshly spruced up home!
2 comments:
Congrats on formally being members! Sounds like a festive and fun week.
Wow -- what a full week -- Christmas and work on top of everything! We're taking down our tree and Channukah decorations next Sunday before we all have to go back to work and school and I'm already looking forward to it! I love that nice, clean, January feeling.
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