December Days

Hannah and Nathan got Christmas a little early from Granddaddy and GaGa. Uncle Daniel helped the day of assembly and they had three walls up when Hannah finally guessed that it was a playhouse!


We were so glad Uncle Caleb could be home for the better part of December. (Below) Hannah's friend Elle Udouj was in town from Greenville, SC. The girls had a great time in the new playhouse.

We had a very blessed December. The kids were alot of fun especially the week of Christmas. Ben and I decided to be very honest with Hannah and tell her that "Santa" was a game that people played and that we might play that game too, a little bit. But her gifts would be coming from Daddy and Momma, grandparents,etc. We of course celebrated the story of baby Jesus in many ways. Ben taught Sunday School at First Pres. Jackson for the month of December and Hannah loved going to her Sunday school class there. During worship, the Sunday before Christmas, Dr. Duncan referred to Jesus in the manger and Hannah turned to me, her eyes lit up and she whispered LOUDLY, " the MANGER!!!". Of course, I was caught between not wanting to squelch her enthusiasm but also being in the balcony with 150+ other people trying to listen to the sermon! Her enthusiasm didn't stop there as you can probably imagine,
"(gasp) That man (pointing) is tawkin' 'bout baby GEE-ZUS!" Yes, the little southerner is emerging. :)
"He's tawkin' 'bout the STAY-BULL!"
(in her ear) "yes, sweetie, that's right, very good! let's just listen now"
and on it went till we the sermon was nearly over. I finally got the whispers down to, well, a whisper.
At lunch, on our way out of town, we tried to grab something quick and two ladies sat down at a table next to us.
"Hey sweetie, aren't you pretty? What's Santa going to bring you?"
"Well, I already got all my presents (pause) and they're from Momma." she stated so matter of factly, nodding her head like they should have known or something. I tried really hard not to fall out laughing!