test post, ya’ll

test post, ya’ll

This picture is the first one i inserted. Then i did this one: then these:

 

a dillon christmas

a dillon christmas

the burtons left and the dillons arrived on saturday.  we enjoyed a cozy meal and anticipated christmas morning #2. sunday was clear and beautiful.  there was …

 

the morn

the morn

christmas morning dawned rainy and cold.  we were just glad that the storm had finally let up.  all night long the 60mph winds whipped around …

 

the eve

the eve

we began with the traditional opening of one gift each.  the kids opened up new board games and movies. then we had our classic fare: soup …

 

‘our wooden christmas cabin’ ~ e4

‘our wooden christmas cabin’ ~ e4

for christmas this year we found a cabin to rent for the week and what a marvelous idea it turned out to be… as we were …

 

an icy hike

an icy hike

on christmas eve we hiked down to dry falls.  the icicles were like daggers only beautiful…

 

a little church christmas

a little church christmas

our sweet church was led in worship by the kids on christmas sunday.  *heart* our church.

 

a holiday village gathering

a holiday village gathering

so i’ve made a new friend, a humble and fabulously creative girl named, ruthie.  ruthie began sharing her love of jewelry making with refugee women in atlanta …

 

thankfully us

thankfully us

before we had even eaten…tuckered out. we sang our thankgiving song and the verses we had memorized and then shared what we were thankful for. grandan and …

 

our away in a manger

our away in a manger

’so joseph also went up from the town of nazareth…to bethlehem…he went there to register with mary, who was expecting a child…while they were there, …