White Christmas

"But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.'"
-Luke 2:10

Christmas has come and gone, but our Savior will always remain. The verse above was part of the Christmas Eve service at church and I realized that I don't think about the verses we cover in church as much as I should. The "reason for the season" as they say, is what is important. Often we all get too busy to even notice that Christmas is celebrated to celebrate and honor the birth of our Savior and his life of sacrifice for us.

This Christmas was my last as Single Sam... kind of scary! But, it was a great Christmas filled with family, friends, joy and SNOW! It was a white Christmas for the first time in Atlanta since 1882. It was beautiful and memorable for us for sure. We of course split our time between the Johnsons and the Phillips Families and were able to get around to see everyone on Christmas Eve and Christmas. Bobby and I are lucky to have everyone within a 30 mile radius. Some of the highlights of the Holiday season for us were Cobb Christmas, Reading as Santa, Christmas Cocktails with the Lawrences, White Elephants @ the Pridgen's, the Teddy Bear collection for the local Fire fighters and the joy of our nieces getting gifts from Santa. This year we also realized how much we all get caught up in what we get for Christmas. We're getting married in a few days (19!!) and wanted our families to not get us gifts. Christmas was just as great without gifts and at the end of the day we are most grateful for our families and not the gifts they give.

The pups like playing in the snow, but don't like the cold. They are like their mom :)

Anna Kate's First Christmas. She just woke up from her Christmas day nap.