Monday, December 29, 2008

Celebrating all of God's creations... at the BEACH!

I have nothing to say, because a picture is worth a thousand words. We tried really hard to celebrate God's presence and not just presents...

This is Christmas eve, outside of Ocean side presbyertian church. We were honored to witness a candlelit service with families reading the scripture about the birth of Jesus. The pastor kept calling this whole thing a miracle, and he included making sure that today is a miracle. And right now, after all that we have been through, I could not agree more. We are being watched over by angels.

Grandma Carrie's work not only has sharks, but also has an amazing tree display. We found the Michigan Tree!

My brother, their uncle, Keith.

However, because of so many people, we did have the tree filled up! Between the generosity of others, like Richard and his family, and our family, the girls were a bit spoiled. And this was after I gave things away to other families in need.


Erica, who is normally afraid of Dogs, decided that Maxwell was okay, and decided that she could handle walking him!


"And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse "sky". And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day. And God said, "Let the water under the sky gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:6-10. And we shall call it The Ocean!! This is the things that we tried to emphasis, God's creations, God's miracles and God's presence.





May all of your presents and God's Presence be as wonderful for you and your family.