Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Christmas Eve 2014

We had a wonderful Christmas with my parents and my sister and her family who came to visit.  Just had to share a few photos here to mark the great time we had...even though I lost my voice on Christmas...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Christmas in Serbia

Well, Christmastime is really here and so is my family!  This is a super rare treat to have my parents AND one of my sisters and her family of three kids here to open gifts and play with us...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Hanukkah 2014

Hanukkah begins tonight!  It's a holiday that we always learned about and observed in our own way as a family while we were growing up (minus the gifts), and it always started with a special...
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a Christmas Song

I hope you guys are having a lovely Christmas, enjoying time with family, slowing down a bit to feel the love that God has for you. Our family was asked to prepare a musical number for Sacrament...
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

St. Lucia's Day

The other night, we visited the country of Iceland in our Christmas trip around the world. Although people in Iceland celebrate St. Lucia Day, a day honoring the patron saint of light, Christians...
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Christmas in Nigeria

Our Christmas Around the World tour took us to the country of Nigeria last night.  Nigerians have a lot of different foods prepared according to the region in which you live, and they don't generally...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Christmas in Japan

The next country we are visiting in our trip around the world is Japan.  We were all interested to discover that kids in Japan often go to school on Christmas Day, because Christmas is not a...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Christmas in India

I love seizing every opportunity to teach my children about Jesus Christ and to build their faith in Him.  Christmas time is certainly no exception.  Over the years, I've written about...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Christmas Books for Children

I've put together quite a few Christmas Book Lists over the years.  The reading of Christmas books started with my parents who always read The Littlest Angel to us on Christmas Eve.  It...
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