December 2015!

We celebrated our second Christmas with Will and Lena!  It was a little less foreign to them this year; I was surprised at all they remembered from their first Christmas as Birchfields.  Lena amazed us all in how quickly she learned Christmas songs and how she remembered them from last year.  Will, of course, amazed us at how many questions he could ask!  Fortunately, Hope actually enjoyed answering his endless questions about Christmas.

Hope enjoyed singing with her class at John Knox!

This year they got to participate in the live nativity scene.  Will and Hope wanted to be shepherds so they could be with the animals.  Lena wanted to be an angel.  It rained on the night of the nativity scene but they got most of their hour in.  They loved it and want to be a part of it again next year!

Hope and Will as shepherds

Lena as an angel!

            Hope and Will entertained everyone by singing The Twelve DOGS of Christmas at the Colees on Christmas Eve!

The annual picture of the Birchfield and Colee children.

Will, Lena and Hope love Mr. Chip!

Will with his new bike!

Hope with her new bike!

Christmas morning was filled with lots of excitement and squeals and lot of "I love this!"  It was a good morning and fun seeing the excitement.  Will and Hope got their first bikes with breaks but adjusted to them without any problems.  We were so glad the weather was clear outside and they could ride on Christmas morning.  Andy recited the Christmas story and we enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Jesus and eating Birthday cookie!

Lena with her new stroller and Itty Bitty twins with new outfits!

Having fun playing a game with the cousins on Christmas night!