Rocco has arrived!

Well it's officially time for the world to join us in celebrating the most wonderful time of year. It is funny all of the traditions the world has to celebrate this time of year including the all famous Santa, Christmas trees, house lights, yard decorations, and yes the magic elves. At our house we choose to partake in all of the fun and jolly goodness, but one thing that we hope to communicate is that all of this pales in comparison to our One True reason for celebrating this time of year and that is the glorious birth of our Savior Jesus.

One of our family traditions is to have a family devotion at night on the special "Christmas cloth." When it's time for the devotionals, Ryan will grab the special Christmas cloth (aka an old tablecloth) and we all sit on the floor by the Christmas tree and have our family devotional which of course revolves around the story of the birth of Jesus. The boys love using the toy nativity to demonstrate the different aspects of the story. Aiden is well, learning his part in sitting and listening. I feel so blessed to be their mom. They know so much more than I ever was even exposed to at this age. Thank you God for this glorious season that we can celebrate your Son's birth!

The more "magical" things of Christmas are fun too. Our Magic Elf named Rocco arrived this morning. For those of you who don't know, we have an elf that visits us from the North Pole each year around Christmas time. This is not an ordinary elf though. He looks just like a stuffed toy during the day, but at night if we sprinkle him with the magical snow flakes and set out crackers for him, he comes to life and does all sorts of mischief in our house. He has been great fun in the past. You can look back at posts from previous years and see some of the mischief he has gotten into. This year he was found in Ryan's stocking and he brought the movie "Elf" for us to watch and get into the seasonal fun. I'll try to keep up with some pictures of the fun he brings to our home. I can't imagine what he is going to do tonight!