Christmas: The Great Adventure!

What a whirlwind of a break! It seems just like yesterday that I was leaving my family at New Covenant. It's been quite an adventurous break, though. I accomplished many of the things that I had set out to do at the beginning of this break.

Christmas was amazing and relaxing. We borrowed a van from some friends so we had more room to drive out there. Our '99 Ford Windstar just seemed to be a little small now that Jacob (the youngest brother) is 13 and probably about 5'5" now. So, we borrowed a big Chevy van we affectionately called the Party Van. The trip was rather uneventful. I was able to read a lot and we watched part of Transformers on my Macbook. The actual time we spent in Missouri was very well spent. It was very nice to be home for this last holiday I have as an unmarried man. We enjoyed a lot of good food on Christmas. It was also awesome to have 18 people gathered in one house for a meal. I know, I had said in the earlier post that there were 17 people, but my uncle's mother Emma joined us. This was the second year her husband has been gone (he died of a heart attack), and it was harder for her than last year. I really enjoyed having so many people at the house ranging in age from 4 years to upper 60's.

I got a nice sweater from my grandparents this year for Christmas. More importantly, I had a nice vacation with my family. God is faithful. He has brought my family through many testing periods, and this Christmas was a testament to his faithfulness in my family.