It was a very special Christmas this year! An added blessing was to be with my niece on her first Christmas! We all had a great time together.

Dad and Mom gave us all vests to match in. They are filled with tiny feathers, and so some of them can fold up into little bitty bags. (Stuffing a huge, fluffy vest into a tiny little pouch, making it look like a pillow, is very fun!) We had a lot of laughter when we discovered that!

Another favorite gift was a canvas that we kids gave to Dad and Mom – it was a picture of all of us on the beach from this past fall!

I am very grateful for the sweet time we all had together. God is so good.