Merry Christmas!!!

What a wonderful day it has been!!!

Christmas Eve started great!! Gareth had the day off for the first time in 15 years. He has worked every Christmas Eve since we've been together and it was great to have a relaxing day at home as a family. Last night, we went to our Candle Light Christmas Eve Service. I think this is my favorite service of the year.(I may say the same at Easter too) The kids behaved great and Alex really enjoyed the service. Unfort. Callum fell asleep halfway through so getting him to bed last night wasn't fun. We have been ready for Christmas for about 2 months so I wasn't stressed about getting everything under the tree. Around 11:00, Callum finally went to sleep and we started to play Santa. As I was starting, Gareth came to me to tell me that the shed door lock was jammed. So much for preparing early. He has had their new bikes together for weeks and stored them in the shed. It took him almost an hour and then he had to take the door off of the shed to get them out. I almost got the video camera out and I hate to admit that I laughed, but I did. It seems to be the typical Jenkins motto these days, "If there is no drama, then the Jenkins' family is not involved!"

This morning was great!! The kids were VERY good and really appreciated every gift that they got. We went to my parents for brunch and to give them their gifts. We then came home and relaxed before starting dinner. My parents came over for dinner this year, and my dad stayed for about an hour and a half. That is a huge blessing!! In the past couple of years, by dinner he is just to tired to come out, but this year, he did it and although he looked completely worn out by the end, we are grateful that he was able to spend the evening with us. Alex said the blessing for dinner and thanked God for the celebration of Jesus' birthday. How amazing it is to see her love the Lord and really embrace the real reason for Christmas!!