The Petersen Family: Christmas 2013

Christmas this year was not ideal in a lot of ways. We got the flu, came home from our trip later than anticipated because we were all too weak to travel, and we were missing half our family because they are living in Virginia. Honestly, I'm kind of ready for a do-over and for next year to hurry up and be here so we can try again. But, I don't want to skip over the good things that happened, so here are some highlights:

- We were able to do Advent consistently throughout December, and start a new routine of doing Family Bible time now that December is over.

- We got to be with family. Even if it wasn't ALL our family... and we get to look forward to being with everyone VERY soon!

- Both boys were old enough this year to grasp what Christmas morning held, and listening to the squeals over the monitor while I stuffed their stockings was really fun.

- The few nights we drove around looking at Christmas lights it was beautiful. We live in an awesome neighborhood for looking at Christmas decorations, and I loved hearing the boys point out what they saw and hear the conversations they had:

Noah: Oh look Levi... Christmas lights!

Levi: Oh YEAH! Miss-iss lights! Oh, there's MORE Miss-iss lights. Oh! More Miss-iss lights!

Noah: Yeah, I see them! Look at that one!

Levi: Yeah! Mommy- look! Miss-iss lights!

Me: Yeah! Which lights are you looking at?

Levi: Those. I see it. But you miss it.

And I think my favorite part of this year was how excited both the boys would get when we read a book or saw anything that had to do with the first Christmas. And how Noah would correct whatever show he was watching that claimed to know what Christmas was about (like being kind, or giving presents, or just being a happy time of year) and say, "Uh... no it's not! It's about Jesus!" Yes it is buddy... yes it is :)

Pics from Christmas Morning