head over heels: merry christmas

"for unto you is born this day,

in the city of david, our savior

lord jesus christ"

what a blessing it is to celebrate this holiday for what it truly means. this year ellington was more engaged in knowing what christmas was and why we celebrated jesus' birthday. she played with her manager daily, setting it up, telling the story and trying to engage beckett in it too. ellington joined us for the christmas eve service and at 3 years old i'm glad she did. it's fun to share with her how we worship and learn more about who jesus is.

we love this time of year, spending time with family and creating traditions. one of our favorite traditions started 7 years ago with just josh and i on our first christmas eve together.

new pj & pizza!

beckett sportin' his new jams...monkey boy :)

elle with her new jams...horsey jams and our new tradition - new family game

it's fun to have a kid old enough to play real board games.

christmas morning @ home

santa delivered!!

it must of been the yummy cookies and reindeer food we left for him.

ellington had been asking for a "minni {mouse} guitar" for months. usually she mentions something and then move on from it, but this time she stuck to her guns and "really" wanted a guitar. we took her to see santa and sure enough she asked for a minni guitar and a mickey guitar for beckett. so the hunt began for a minni guitar from santa - yep we're going with the santa thing!