Cool Cornwells: January 2009

We hope that everyone had a very blessed Christmas and look forward to this new year. We have had a wonderful Christmas, with lots of family time playing games, playing Wii, going bowling, and going to the movies. We feel very fortunate to have all this time together. And I have been feeling much better since I began my second trimester, even getting more energy! The following pictures show what a blessed Christmas we had. Paul's mother came and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas night with us and his dad spent Christmas day with us too. We had quite a nice dinner. We give each of the kids 3 presents, just as Christ received gold, frankincense, and myrrh and we get a few "family" gifts, plus stockings. They also receive presents from grandparents, great-grandparents, and aunts & uncles. They do not lack anything. I feel very blessed by that, but also feel that we did a much better job keeping things in control this year. Like my dear Seattle friend, Kerri Kincaid, I, too, feel that somehow our culture has gotten out of control on this whole "Christmas present thing". Anyways, I digress. So here are some photos that highlight our Christmas...