Christmas 2011

 For Christmas this year we had a full house. Claire, Jeff, Jan and Jack Came to visit over the holiday.

On Christmas Eve, Elyse and Anastasia got to open one present each from Aunt Claire and Uncle Jeff. They got Christmas t-shirts that they decided to wear to church.

The church service was great. it had a wonderful message about hope and how we should put our hope in Jesus. Without Jesus we don't have any hope for our future. With Jesus we can look to our future knowing that he has saved us from our sins.

In addition to this wonderful message we were entertained by a skit that included some Singaporean humor- it was great. I bet no one else's Christmas service had a song about the delays in the MRT system :)

After the service we had dinner at the church and then headed home to put the girls to bed and get presents out.

 In the morning the girls began opening their stockings about 6:30 am and then played with what they got until the rest of the family got up. They were very patient.

Once the rest of the family was up the present opening was in full force.

Elyse and Anastasia gave this to Toby:

 Grandma and Grandpa gave Elyse these ballerina slippers- she worn them most of the morning.

 Anastasia got this blanket and loved to be wrapped up in it and then tickled with this bird with silly hair.

  

 

 Perhaps you can see the progression of the morning in these pictures:

After the present opening we got to Skype with our loved ones half way around the world.

We finally got dressed and had Christmas dinner.

 

We were going to have another family over for dinner but half of us were sick and my friend was also sick.It was kind of a bummer, but over all the day was great. Very laid back and filled with family. Merry Christmas!