Among all the preparations for Christmas, and for our trip to California, we were able to find some time to make it a happy and memorial time of year. We went to the Gleason Family Christmas party, (Adam loves spending time with his cousins and he calls all of them his friends) the extended Cook Christmas party, watched Polar Express together, and went to the mall to talk to Santa (Adam asked for books and Kyle asked for a ball, Santa delivered :) though we didn't get any pictures with him. The boys were both pretty excited. We also participated in Advent. This is a celebration I grew to love during my time as a missionary in Austria and this year were were home for all four Sundays leading up to Christmas. The boys loved watching as each week we lit an additional candle and sang Christmas songs and read about the Nativity in the Bible. I think this really helped us stay in tune with the reason for all the celebrations. Adam is starting to grasp concepts more and more and it is exciting to witness the little cogs in his head turning as he learns why and how we do things.
Kyle kept trying to escape or hang on the not-so-sturdy rails as we waited. he is becoming so active
Adam is getting too big!
The final night of Advent.
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