'Tis the Season!

We can hardly believe that Christmas is here again. From day to day, it seems that the minutes can pass like hours, but the year has passed in no time at all. December is the best time of the year in the Winterton house. Not only do we celebrate our anniversary and Lucy's birth, but we also celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How grateful we are for His life and His atoning sacrifice that makes life after death possible.

At the beginning of the month, we visited a creche display and watched a reenactment of the nativity, complete with live animals! Lucy was happy they served hot chocolate afterward! As we viewed scenes from the Savior's life, it reminded us of the reason for the season.

The next fun event was our ward Christmas party. Jay even had a part! He was a Nephite unbeliever who was too caught up in things of the world to believe the prophecies of the Savior's birth. Jay is the exact opposite of his character, but he played the part well.

Lucy wanted to participate!

After a yummy dinner of fajitas, fruit salad, chips and salsa, and fried ice cream, Santa Claus flew in from the North Pole. Angela tried to prep Lucy all week for a visit with Santa Claus, but when it was her turn to sit on his lap, she wouldn't do it. Not that we blame her-sitting on a strange man's lap is not
exactly something we want to do either.






But Lucy did enjoy the candy cane Santa gave her!