Christmas Eve

We had the honor of having Steve's Uncle Furman with us on Christmas Eve. Furman came to Christmas Eve service with us, and then back to our house for a meal. The service was a family service and it was very nice how they incorporated all the children into the service. I was a bit concerned when hearing the first song - as it was all done by the youth praise band and the first song was somewhat of a jam session. They must have gotten it out of their system with the first one though as the rest of the songs not such a jam session. Whew! They did a great job and we enjoyed the service.

We all enjoyed getting to spend time with Furman, and the children enjoyed entertaining him. They sang songs for him and acted out the Christmas story for him - all unprompted by their parents. At one point Drew went up to Furman and said 'smell my breath' and then proceeded to breathe in his face. Of course, sometimes we do this after brushing our teeth, but not usually after eating a cheeseball or to somebody without asking them first! Oops!

Furman has been keeping busy lately writing books, I think he is now working on the 4th book? Impressive! I have read the first 2 and have thoroughly enjoyed them. We enjoy being closer to him and Evelyn and getting to see them more often.