What a blessing! We had everybody under one roof for Christmas Day. We played with the babies, played with the Wii, spent quality time together with family and ate entirely too much. It was a dream come true for Sue and me to have both Nicklas and Luke at home and we are appreciative of the efforts of Jonas & Melissa and Robert & Jennifer to make that happen. Melissa's family (Gay, Carly, John & Jason) made the trip over from Duluth to have lunch with us. We really enjoyed sharing Christmas with them. We know it was difficult for them to travel on Christmas day and we appreciate them coming to our home. Heath, McKenzie & Alexis also joined us for lunch. You gotta see McKenzie play the Wii. Paul (Sue's brother) was to be there as well but car trouble meant he had to spend the day at home alone. We really missed having him with us. He and I always catch up on the lastest in the electronics business.
We've had advice from many other grandparents about how great it is to have grandkids. "Great" doesn't describe the blessing of these little ones. I used to "put up" with other grandparents who wanted to show off pictures of their grandkids. I was polite and said things like "How cute!". Now the shoe is on the other foot. I show all my customers this site and the pictures of my grandkids and they say "How cute!". They just don't understand!
With all the babies around on Christmas it made the celebration of Christ's birth just that more meaningful. It gave us a somewhat better idea of the challenges that Jesus' parents faced with having a newborn (but under much more difficult circumstances). Indeed, it would be very difficult to even imagine giving up Nicklas or Luke for the sake of others as God did with his Son.
What a great Christmas Day, 2008!
We've had advice from many other grandparents about how great it is to have grandkids. "Great" doesn't describe the blessing of these little ones. I used to "put up" with other grandparents who wanted to show off pictures of their grandkids. I was polite and said things like "How cute!". Now the shoe is on the other foot. I show all my customers this site and the pictures of my grandkids and they say "How cute!". They just don't understand!
With all the babies around on Christmas it made the celebration of Christ's birth just that more meaningful. It gave us a somewhat better idea of the challenges that Jesus' parents faced with having a newborn (but under much more difficult circumstances). Indeed, it would be very difficult to even imagine giving up Nicklas or Luke for the sake of others as God did with his Son.
What a great Christmas Day, 2008!
