Christmas Pictures!

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Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone is enjoying the day! Our celebration started last night after we got home from church. We opened our Christmas jammies and got comfy in the living room where Andy read us the Christmas Story from Bella's Bible. After that we watched "The Very First Noel" (which by the way I highly recommend).

When the movie was over we set out a couple rice krispie treats and a glass of milk for Santa and the girls went to bed. Andy and I finished up some last minute gift wrapping and then headed to bed ourselves so that Santa could make his stop.

Andy was the first one up this morning and after waiting for about a half hour finally went to wake Bella up. She was thrilled to see that Santa did in fact show up and said she even heard something on the roof last night and is pretty sure it was Santa! :)

We spent the last 3 or so hours opening gifts, eating breakfast, and just overall enjoying our morning. The gifts are now all unwrapped and we are settling in for a nice relaxing day at home, playing with our new "toys".

Here is a picture we took last night at church. I will post more from this morning soon!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Andy's Stage Debut!

Andy made his official debut as part of the Worship Team at church on Sunday! He was a little nervous, but did an awesome job and actually surprised me with how relaxed he looked on stage. Here is a picture of him playing...

The Golden Compass (updated with new link)

I've been hearing a lot of buzz recently about this movie and decided to do a little of my own "investigating". It seems that most of what is being said about it is true. Based on the advertisements it's a movie I very likely would have taken Bella to see thinking it was a fun fantasy movie. I'm so glad I stumbled across this information when I did and after reading what I have, I feel compelled to alert parents to the background of the author of the movie and his intentions for the movie.

Update:

Thanks to my friend Jessica and an email from a pastor at Saddleback church I am posting a new link. In my opinion the author is right on and describes a cautious, balanced, and Christ-like approach to The Golden Compass. Please take a few minutes to read it and think about what he says.

Thanks Jess! :)