His wife Sandra makes an array of cookies from scratch, complete with name plates for each decorative and delicious flavor.
Shane and Jacob-Joshua were at church that morning, and immediately after church we had an education meeting. After the meeting Shane followed me to Pastor Jim's and we enjoyed the decorations and friends there.
All of the cookies are from scratch, and they are decorated perfectly. Sandra said her mom was a cake decorator, so she watched as a child while her mother prepared cakes.
Yesterday was our Las Posadas celebration at church. It is the first time our church has put this on, and our fellowship hall was transformed into a Fiesta complete with banners and pinatas. The children followed Mary and Joseph as they knocked on a door four times and were turned away until the fourth time they were welcomed in. Each time they knocked someone gave examples of people who are hurting in our world and in some cases are turned away.
I didn't get pictures because I forgot my camera. The choir members and children all wore ponchos, except for Mary and Joseph. It was fun, but Sean didn't care for it. He was hot in the poncho and bored with the procession. My patience was wearing thin, so we didn't stay around for all of the rest of the celebration. We had a long day ahead with a social event that afternoon, so I figured I'd be setting myself and Sean up for a bad day if we hung around.
We came home and had a little while to regroup before heading to Chuck's. I took some leftover decorations for him to choose from for his union party coming up this week. Then we all piled into my car and were on our way to an afternoon Christmas open house at a friend's house. We were there for quite a while, but the food and company were so good it was hard to leave.
On the drive back to Chuck's Lilly and Sean were playing and laughing in the back seat, and I thought how long it had been since I heard that kind of chatter in my car from children.
Back to Chuck's, and a light dinner with Chuck and Lilly before he had to take Lilly back to her mom's.
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