Why we celebrate

This year, Bradley and I will not be at home for Christmas...we'll be in Texas with our family. So, we decided last night to go ahead and exhange our gifts from each other (plus a few that our family had sent to us here at the house). One thing that we absolutely want to be reminded of throughout the Christmas season is why we celebrate Christmas and exchange gifts...especially now that we are starting a family.

Bradley and I celebrate Christmas because it is a time that we remember the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus is God that came to earth as a man. He lived a sinless life and as a young adult took the punishment of death for all mankind. Man is sinful and is seperated from God and because of that we could never have an intimate relationship with God without Jesus's payment for our sins. When Jesus died, he took the sins of all people. The miraculous part of the story is that Jesus did not stay dead. He rose from the dead, conquering death and sin for us all. Now, in order for a person to have a relationship with God, all we must do is acknowledge that we are sinful, that Jesus paid our debt and accept his perfect Gift that He gave us. Both Bradley and I have this relationship with God and enjoy a relationship with Him. We want all people to know about this and throughout our lives will be sure to keep Jesus in the forefront of our family's minds so that our children will know why we really celebrate Christmas...the birth day of our Lord.


Papa (our cat) was interested in what we were doing.


Bradley's about to open one of his gifts.


Thanks Angy and John for the baby food "cook" book! I can't wait to look through it.


Bradley loves his "fishing" cart that my parents got him. He can load up all of his fishing gear on this cart and take it to the beach with him. That way he doesn't have to make a dozen trips to the truck for all of his stuff! Thanks Mom and Dad!


I LOVE my new food processor! Hopefully I'll be using it lots!!