Merry Christmas to each of you from the Burke farm!



We spent a gorgeous Christmas Eve at home - working in the garden and playing with the boys before heading off to Christmas Eve service in the late afternoon. On the way home we stopped at the nearby Newton Lights display, where we played on the railroad tracks, watched the lights and hummed along to the music of the display. Before bed we snuggled up on the couch and read The Night Before Christmas and then tucked two excited little boys into their beds.


   

Christmas morning started about 6am when Carson crawled in with us... he tried to stay calm (and lasted about 15-20 minutes) before blurting out, "Is it morning yet???" After that it was all we could do to stall the gifts until Great Grandma arrived. (Happily she was early!) We read the Christmas story and then dove in...

 

Once everything under the tree was opened we pointed out to the boys that there had been no gifts from Santa, "Maybe you need to look around a little..?" (In their defense, it was still pretty dark when we first started.) Finally they found their "Santa present" sitting in the lawn. We spent much of the afternoon outside (between rainstorms) enjoying the beautiful rainbows that God kept sending, one after another, to remind us of his love on Christmas Day.

Happy Birthday, Jesus - and Merry Christmas to all!