you gotta get up, you gotta get up...
you gotta get up...it's christmas morrrrr-ning!
that song by rich mullins has been running through my head this morning as i tried to get brian out of bed and as our kids are still soundly sleeping. i am guessing that in a few years, the kids will be the ones begging for us to get out of bed to begin the christmas morning festivities, but for now, i'm enjoying a few minutes of peace and quiet! (obviously, the picture above was taken sometime last week instead of this morning... but i thought it looked so "christmas morning-ish!")
we are headed over to spend the morning and early afternoon with brian's side of the family and my mom. this is the first year that we are here instead of doing this and this like brian has done EVERY YEAR OF HIS LIFE... so we're starting some new traditions and missing some old ones. i am sure we will miss all the fun of brian's aunts & uncles (and dogs), but with the 3 grandkids running (and crawling) around, there will be plenty of laughter and memories made today. last night, we attended our church's christmas eve service for the first time, and i hope that is a part of our every christmas from now on. what a blessing to gather with family and friends to sing of Christ's birth! ethan loved singing "silent night" by candlelight, though he only knows one verse... so he was a little confused when "all is calm" didn't come back around the next 5 times! :)
after our feast this afternoon, the kids will hopefully nap and then my dad, joy, grandma, and cousin betsy will be coming over for christmas munchies and more presents! because we've been out of town in the past, we haven't spent much time with my dad's side on christmas... so i am looking forward to that today!
i am guessing the kids will be calling out any minute now. i can't wait to get ethan up and let him put baby Jesus on the advent calendar! may your christmas day be filled with all the celebration and joy that surrounds this season, and may God be glorified for sending the Source of our celebration and the Reason for our joy! may we be like the shepherds, who after worshiping baby Jesus in the manger, "returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen" (luke 2:20). merry christmas to you all.
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2 comments:
I immediately knew how to sing the title of this post... that song was a fixture in my house in high school! I remember that it was released on a regular album (not a Christmas album), so Mom played it year-round. It makes me think of home! Looks like you're creating magical Christmas memories for your kids.
I LOVE Rich Mullins and saw him in concert one year in Little Rock - I remember the day I heard about his death - so sad! Needless to say...I loved your title!! Glad you guys had a magical christmas - your kiddo's are precious! Isn't it fun to start creating your OWN traditions?!
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