Christmas Eve

And the OCD kicked in :)

We checked into our house in the late afternoon on the 22nd and headed to the store for food and supplies. When we returned from our errands we painted the living room and Adessa and Will's room. Early morning on the 23rd while John had already left for work our bell rang, it was our shipment, air and sea. our things were delivered and unpacked. I raced and worked until I thought I would drop dead. Fortunately, by Christmas Eve we were able to decorate and make some neighbour treats to deliver. Adessa was busying herself with a Gingerbread House while I was decorating the tree and trying to get the rooms arranged. Christmas Miracle! We feel like the Lord answered our prayers this year with the delivery of our shipment and strength to get everything taken care of to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Thanks to all those of you who remembered us in your prayers as well.

The Gingerbread House "Arteist."

John helping me to prepare our traditional Christmas smorgasbord. The food and stores here are very different so we did the best we could with crazy packed stores and a limited knowledge :)

The smorgasbord.

Every year on Christmas Eve Gucci gives us all matching jammies. We always do a picture of each family, the girls, and the boys. Adessa is sporting her fine Eve outfit, while John is cybernating ;)

"He's an angry elf!"

The girls.

The boys.

The Family.

Obviously, it was very different this year. We definitely missed all of the usual Christmas merriment, but it was good. This is the first Christmas that we didn't have a single party, dinner, or event to attend, but we survived as a stronger little nuclear family.