The day after Thanksgiving, we decorate for Christmas. Some people decorate before Halloween! I just love Thanksgiving too much and don't want to jump over it!
We were in Wisconsin so got to enjoy watching the kids decorate their home. We wouldn't get to ours until the following week.
We found these birch branches to put out. I'll have to remember to save a few branches when our birch tree needs trimming!
Hannah had the idea to rearrange the furniture and put the skinny decorative tree in the front window. Jill wasn't too keen on the idea, but after we did it, she liked it.
The family tree with the kids' ornaments goes in the family room.
This yule log is a family tradition that goes back to my growing up days. My dad found a tree branch in the mountains in southern Japan and made a yule log for my mom. Every year we had this to mark off the weeks until Christmas. When I got married, Dad made one for me. And Jill asked Grandpa Pete for one also when she got married.
One evening, we went out and saw lights at the park that is by the lake.
Another evening, we went to the Cellar District, a restaurant that used to be a church.
Pretty awesome food!
It makes me sad though to see a "dead" church. In Europe we saw many churches that people no longer attended. Just museums.
May I keep Christ alive in my heart. Follow Him purposefullly, faithfully.
"Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul and with ALL your strength. These words that I command you today shall be on your heart. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." - Deuteronomy 6:5-8
We told the children good-bye the evening before we left in case we left before they woke up. Time to get to Kansas and decorate our home for Christmas!
Here is a song that Steve Green sings. May these be true of us.
We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace
Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives
CHORUS:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift through all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find
REPEAT CHORUS
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
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