After a full morning, we tidied up, showered, and started on dinner. Eric's parents arrived around noon, and we visited while we finished up making dinner. We had ham, cream cheese potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potatoe peach bake, spinach salad, pink "stuff" and rolls. It was a great meal! Bill & Nick goofed around with Bill feeding Nick "pink stuff" (By the way Aunt Erma, it was great!), and of course the silliness that went along with that. (Yes in & on the nose!)
Afterward, the Jenkin's exchanged gifts...and we visited more. They headed out around 4pm, and the four adults sat on the couch, and before long, we were all napping! After some visiting...Eric presented Bill with a special Santa candle....we all had a great laugh, and decided just because it was melted in the attic, it was perfect for a special occasion. We have laughed harder these last few days than we have laughed in a long time. It has been so good to hear Bill laugh with Eric again!
Later, we read the 1st of the twelve days of Christmas and opened box #1. (Did you know that the 12 days of Christmas has a Christian background?) We then had birthday cake for Jesus....very cool. Three layers, green, red & black...(chocolate).....black represents the darkness present because we all have sinned, red represents the blood Jesus shed for our sins, and green represents new life in Christ when we trust Jesus as our savior. The frosting is white, representing purity and sinlessness of Jesus. The yellow start is to remember the bright star that shone at his birth. The red candy aroudn the top edge of the cake symbolizes brothers & sisters united in Christ circling the earth as his witnesses. The center white candle represents Christ who is the light of the world, and brought to bring us truth and light. From the white center candle, all present lit a candle and sang Happy Birthday....it was quite a thing for all to participate in, as each had a reading to participate in.
Of course we had cake, and then tried to shovel through the presents in the livingroom to clear up so that we had a clean house to get up to in the morning. Tam & I thought we spent a lot of today in the kitchen. We told the guys it was pizza tomorrow!
Enjoy the pictures...
Merry Christmas!
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