such a glorious Christmas!!

Our Christmas was just so, so sweetly glorious; we spent much time talking about and worshiping Jesus and the redemption for sins that He offers as well as much cooking, eating, playing, giving gifts, playing with gifts, a special Christmas dinner with 10 people, etc. We had the most wonderful time ever!! We are so blessed and my heart is just constantly overflowing with thanks to God for everything- for the inheritance He gives, for our family and friends, for the sweetness of a simple life, for the joy Andrew and I get when we spend time together, for our precious little boy who loves to play with "all-uh-us-all-tugever" (all of us, all together), and for our little baby ninja.

A few quick pics from our Christmas:

We got Jasper a huge "monster dump truck" that he's been yearning for! Andrew and I were like little kids with all our excitement in giving it to him!

 We weren't disappointed! Jasper's crazy about it!!

I love his constant bedhead.

 We also got him a lifetime supply of altoids. We gave J one of them and told him he could eat them whenever he wanted without having to ask our permission. He couldn't believe it! On Christmas day, at any given point in time, J had 10 altoids stuffed in his mouth. Dream come true for him.

Also got him Playdough, which he loves!

my fav pic of Jasper from Christmas morning! He's getting ready to throw one of my Playdough "worm's eyes" at Andrew.... note the mischievous grin. :o)

 He's LOVES his blue firetruck! It rocked his world that there were different colors of firetrucks. 

 Tic-tacs... another love of J's. :o)

 A few days ago, J colored Andrew a bunch of purple pumpkins for his stocking.

Oh my gracious, my heart just bursts with the blessing of these two boys!!!

Coloring special pictures for our Christmas dinner guests. 

 We had Drew, Melissa, my mom and dad, my brother Cade, his friend Janille, and Andrew's friend and co-worker Prabakaran over for Christmas dinner. 

It was such a special, special time! We had appetizers, Andrew read Scripture and shared the "why" of why Christ came to earth, clearly gave the gospel, we ate, we talked, we laughed, we prayed, we talked, and we laughed some more. It was such a precious time!

"And she shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins." Matt. 1:21

Praise God! What amazing love the Father has for us!