jesse tree

ian sat still watching his dad crumble paper and stack wood.  he had his little hand right on dave almost the whole time. 


we built a fire and opened the first envelope of advent.  there were 3 paper ornaments to go along with our jesse tree devotionals. 





and then we opened our nativity and set all the pieces out.


whenever avery sees a nativity set, she says "oh look mom, there's a live nativity."  it's hilarious.


and we read the crippled lamb by max lucado and so she has chosen one of the sheep to be "joshua", because if you didn't know, God does indeed have a special place for those who feel left out.  great book!