Christmas on Earth

I say "Christmas on earth" because I’m thinking a lot of my friends who have gone to Heaven this year and celebrating it there.  I’m also listening to Janet Parshall’s radio program on Heaven right now.  (“The best is yet to come!”)

But we had a very enjoyable Christmas here in our earthly home yesterday.

My parents arrived for Christmas Brunch.  We had

Christmas Casserole

Fresh Fruit Salad

Coffee Cake

Orange Juice

After that Jim read the Christmas Story.

Then we opened Christmas gifts.

Here are some pictures from our day.

Look at the mess we made in the middle of the floor!  We always rearrange the furniture so we have a big open space in the middle of the floor and bring a boom box in for Christmas music.

Every year there are some presents that are difficult to open.  My dad is always right there, whipping out his handy pocket knife for us.  So this year I just had to get a picture of him doing the honors!

You can see the two fingers that were cut off by a table saw many years ago.

After opening gifts I got the ham in the oven.

Our dinner was

Spiral Ham w/ Pineapple Sauce

Potato Casserole

Baked Corn Casserole

Steamed Broccoli

Cherry Coke Salad

Olives and Pickles

Crescent Rolls

Sparkling Grape Juice

2 Homemade Cheesecakes

(Plain and Chocolate)

I’m very thankful that we live near my parents now and are able to spend holidays together with them.  Before we were 11 hours away and many holidays we couldn’t get away and spent by ourselves.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day!  Next time I have some computer time (Ryan is a computer hog!) I plan to visit your blogs and find out about your Christmas Day.