Monthly Archives: December 2012

Advent: Day 3

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Kimberly

Observing advent with a toddler is hard. It’s been pretty good so far, I think. But I’ve been frustrated with our Jesse Tree stories. Yesterday’s story was more than a whole chapter’s worth of the Bible, and today was one … Continue reading →

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Advent: Day 2

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Kimberly

It is fun to see Elias so excited about his advent calendar…even if it is probably mostly because he just wants the chocolate inside. This morning the first thing he wanted to do when he woke up was turn on … Continue reading →

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Advent: Day 1

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Kimberly

Yesterday, on the first day of advent, we had some great family fun. At Sunday school, Elias got to sing some songs to practice for the Christmas pageant, and then he learned that the first candle on the advent wreath … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree Adventures (In Pictures)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Kimberly

We got our Christmas Tree today…and we didn’t even get that wet! It sprinkled a bit on us, but we missed the worst of the rain. That is probably because we are bad people and skipped church…well…not totally. We took … Continue reading →

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Ready For Advent!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Kimberly

We’re ready for advent in the Smith household…and just in time…because it starts tomorrow on December 2nd! I really wanted advent to be a meaningful period of time for myself and my family so I searched and thought for a … Continue reading →

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Big Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Kimberly

Even though I have not yet posted our winter 2012 bucket list (or made it for that matter), we have our list written down and ready for action. One of the items on there was to see the Christmas Tree … Continue reading →

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Thank You and a Baby Update

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Kimberly

First of all, Nathan and I (and Elias and baby) want to say a huge thank you to everyone involved with our baby shower open house celebration. It was so much fun to share it with lots of our family … Continue reading →

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More singing

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Nathan

We have these new angel figurines which play songs and do little animatronic dances with each other. Really a pair of whiz-bang Christmas knicknacks. Each angel leads two carols, so we have a total of four. Elias has really taken a … Continue reading →

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