Our time with Joel’s family has been wonderful (more than words can express). We have enjoyed every moment of it. This Christmas season has been especially meaningful to us. We are so thankful for God’s gift to us through his son. The reminder of his sacrifice helps us to keep focused on the right things in our life. Thank you God for your gift to us.
Along with Joel’s parents came our replacement camera. We are so grateful to everyone who took a part in making this possible. Joel had a blast breaking in our new camera. Here is a sampling of our photographer at work showing you our first Christmas in Senegal.
To start our Vacation we headed to the beach. 
It sure was beautiful there 
Having Family there was the best part! 
The warm showers were also nice 
The boys enjoyed the cereal Joel's sister sent them! 
We found a tree here...what a blessing! 
For Christmas we got new (used) furniture. It is nice to make the house a little more homey. 
Christmas Eve we did soups, just like we used to with my folks (no peacock lane though) 
My favorite Gift (an African Nativity scene) 
Tyler's favorite was the train table Joel built for him. 
He really got into opening presents 
Ethan was most excited about the Wii 
Japanese Pottery was also a highlight. 
Our Christmas meal...followed by many cookies 
The day was filled with games and art I also took the opportunity to update the pictures on our blog. So if you didn’t get enough you can check out the photo section of our blog for more.
Wonderful pictures! Glad you got a new camera! 🙂
These were awesome pictures!! We are so glad you were blessed in this season. We missed you, but enjoyed being able to skype with you as well. God is good!!
Love,
Dad