Welcome to Outdoor Wednesday hosted by Susan at A Southern DayDreamer.
Dear, Katie and I hustled and bustled with the crowds at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens on December 23rd to see the lights!
We were greeted by this little critter on our way in…
Hope you enjoyed the show in the warmth of your computer room! Happy New Year Outdoor Wednesday Peeps!!
…bags under my eyes like this guy,
I’m taking it easy the next few days. The parties are over and all the glitter has been removed. I even gave my dishwasher a few days off because she was way overworked this last week or two. We’re laying low for New Year’s Eve. Hope the last week of 2009 is going well for y’all!
My girlfriend’s Christmas Dinner Table. I’d like to wish Ruby Tuesday friends an early Happy New Year!!
For more Ruby Tuesday please visit Mary at Work of the Poet.
Katie surprised us with an early entry into this world…
Dear and I were so surprised to get our little girl after our two boys. Katie has added a wonderful dimension to our family and we thank God for her.
For her birthday bash this year some long time friends and family went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie and then came back to our house for a meal and evening of fun.
I do believe the festivities have come to an end around our house for a few days. Today I put away most of the Christmas decorations and got rid of our very dry tree. It feels good. Enjoy the last week of 2009 everyone!!
The King shall come when morning dawns,
And light triumphant breaks;
When beauty gilds the eastern hills,
And life to joy awakes.
Not as of old a little child
To bear, and fight, and die,
But crowned with glory like the sun
That lights the morning sky.
O brighter than the rising morn
When He, victorious, rose,
And left the lonesome place of death,
Despite the rage of foes.
O brighter than that glorious morn
Shall this fair morning be,
When Christ, our King, in beauty comes,
And we His face shall see.
The King shall come when morning dawns,
And earth’s dark night is past;
O haste the rising of that morn,
The day that aye shall last.
And let the endless bliss begin,
By weary saints foretold,
When right shall triumph over wrong,
And truth shall be extolled.
The King shall come when morning dawns,
And light and beauty brings:
Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,
Come quickly, King of kings.
Words: Unknown author; translated from Greek to English by John Brownlie in Hymns of the Russian Church, 1907.
ht: cyberhymnal
Get ready for photo overload. Today we are preparing for our daughter Katie’s 24th Birthday Bash!! Her actual birthday is tomorrow. In the meantime I’m posting lots of photos from our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Festivities. May God’s blessings continue…
Christmas Eve was quiet with just the 3 of us. We went to a Christmas Eve Candlelight service and shared our traditional meal together.
Christmas morning our tradition is to check out what Santa brought in our stockings, then move on to a great Swedish Pancake breakfast that Dear lovingly makes for us each year and then we exchange our gifts to each other. We missed you dearly Dan!!
Then our whole family heads to the Spiro’s for Christmas dinner. We met Dave and Jody 25 years ago when both our families lived in Ventura, California and we attended Bible Fellowship Church.
Dear and Dave
Our girls and Dave and Jody’s girls.
Grandma Mary the Matriarch of the Spiro Family. Isn’t she lovely at 80 something!!
Our dear friends Bob and Jan (Jan is one of my walking buddies and Bob is Dave’s brother) with their mom Mary.
Laura and Josh
Bridget and Laura
Katie, Josh, and Lucy
Laura, Katie, and Jamie
Katie and Josh
The Kid’s table…
Our hosts and Dear and me and our family minus Dan below…
The view of Puget Sound and the Olympics at Sunset…
Our family had a wonderful day from morning to night celebrating with family and friends the birth of our KING!
From our house to yours we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
С Рождеством Христовым (S Roždestvom Khristovym)
Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and Child.
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born!
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love’s pure light;
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Silent night, holy night
Wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing,
Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born!
Look at all those planes in the sky lining up to land at SeaTac Airport. If you are flying this Christmas Season I hope you reach your destination safe and sound. Blessings…
…our daughter Katie completed her coursework for her degree from University of Washington!
A wonderful reason to don the Oscar de la Renta and go out on the town…
We chose to celebrate at Palisade Restaurant at the waterfront on Elliott Bay…
The views of Seattle were great and the food and company were lovely…
Dear, Ellen b., Katie, Josh, Laura, Steve, and Lana G!
Our two lovely daughters…
Laura and Josh…
Ellen b. and Dear
Josh and Katie…
Sisters…
Our daughter in love, Laura.
The proud mama!
Isn’t she lovely!?
We are so proud of your perseverance in the challenges of changing schools and finishing well, Katie. We pray for God’s richest blessings in your life as you continue to grow and remember that God is the provider of all good things!
