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Friday, December 14, 2012

Lately

Nate's Christmas tree


Nate had his first deer hunting experience a couple of weeks ago.  He and Darren went with my dad.  They didn't bring home a deer, but they had fun. 


I almost hate to post this because we have horrible luck with pets, but we have a new kitten.  The best thing about this kitten is that she found us.  One morning we woke up to this constant, annoying meowing.  I wanted to get the gun (not really), but then we found this sweet girl.  She actually kind of looks like Bob. 


Nate has participated in two Christmas programs - one at church and one at preschool. 



At the preschool performance, he was a wise man. 



Finally, we are trying our very best to focus on Christ and not let the busyness of the holiday season be a distraction from the true meaning of Christmas.  Here are a few things that are helping us do this.

We did our first Jesse Tree last year.  This year, a friend told me about this devotional. We are loving it. 
The Advent Jesse Tree: Devotions for Children and Adults to Prepare for the Coming of the Christ Child at Christmas

I ordered this book through Nate's preschool.  It is fantastic.  Seriously.

God Gave Us Christmas

I saw this cute nativity on Pinterest.  I knew Nate would not want to color the entire thing at one time.  So yesterday we started with Mary and will add a piece (or 2) each day until Christmas eve.  This gives us another great opportunity each day to talk about the birth of Christ. 

Pinned Image

2 comments:

Natalie and Lee said...

Blog hopping and came to yours. Your little boy is beautiful (they can be beautiful, right?) I am looking for sweet books for my baby boy... that will definitely be on my list;) Going to catch up some more on your blog!

Ben and Melanie said...

Awwwww,,, We got that Book too :), Love it! Nate seriously makes me giggle everytime~he`sa just so cute. I was wondering if you get any free time :),,, If you wouldn`t mind emailing me your links to places people can shop to support orphan care year round. I`d like to add this to our Blog. Hugs my sweet friend!