This year we celebrated our first Christmas in England! We were told that they only receive a little bit of snow here if any and that it normally doesn't stick or last. We also know that wherever Doc Sue travels, the weather is completely abnormal. Since she was staying with us this Christmas, England received a deep freeze blizzard that canceled the last day of school before winter break and shut down most of the base. It was actually kind of nice to have snow, especially at Christmas!
The only part that was not nice, was that we lost power to the house from 8pm Thurs night until 1pm the following afternoon. The house needs electricity for heat and with no fireplace either, it got pretty chilly. There was much rejoicing when the lights came back on and it started warming up. Here's Jonah dressed for warmth that morning:
On our trip to London, we went to Hamley's Toy Store - the most crowded, crazy store ever with so many people you could hardly move! Anyway, we did manage to purchase a Lego Advent calendar which was fun for the kids to put together this year - here it is all completed:
We went to Christmas Eve service at Sedge Fen Baptist Church - Tom graciously agreed to drive to the base to check mail one last time as there were still some packages that we were expecting that did not arrive yet. There was only one package when he arrived - thanks to Tom for driving back to the base for us (he made it back in time for the service)! We had a very Merry Christmas and opened lots of presents and it looked like a toy store explosion in our living room (and pretty much still does...we'll clean it up sometime). We are very thankful for God's gift of His son and wonderful family and friends! I think we are now caught up! We are going to Ireland with Doc Sue for the New Year and will post pictures from there after we return!
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