Holiday Cheer

This holiday season, we had the opportunity to praise, worship, and honor Christ more than ever before. In a word, it was wonderful!


Last month was also a season of "firsts" for the Parishes. :-) It was the first Christmas and first birthday of our sweet little Jaelynn Grace, the first Christmas we celebrated with our precious new children, the first birthday we celebrated with Jacob, and the first time we exchanged gifts. It was the first Christmas that a nativity set graced our piano, and our house was cozily decorated more than ever. ;-)


All these new things made December a unique month that was significant in the change of thinking that we have been experiencing the past two years.


The pictures below are a summary of our holiday season!



Happy Birthday Jacob (December 17)! Praying that you will grow to be a man of valor, and humility. May you become a man who is close to the heart of God.

We love you!

Max is Lilly's knight-in-shining-armor. Her world stops when he walks in the door, and she is enthralled with his smile . . . or is it Max the enthralled one? ;-P You'll have to come visit us to find out.

Happy Birthday Jaelynn (December 23)! She greatly enjoyed her chocolate cake, much to the amusement of everyone around. :-)

Praying that you will grow to be a virtuous woman, Jaelynn girl, and one who loves the Lord your God with all your mind, soul and strength! What a blessing this year with Jaelynn has been. She is a such a gift.

Here's the clan at Grace Community Church, waiting for their Christmas concert to begin. We enjoyed this concert the same day we took our family pictures with Daniel and Kendra. Amazed and inspired by this majestic outpouring of praise, we all were awed again by the miracle of Christ's incarnation.

Jaelynn is growing up so fast, and is walking now. Every time we see her we are all amazed at how much she has grown and changed. :-)

The Seymour children preformed in the Fresno homeschool choir this year, and we had the opportunity to attend! It was a fun night, and we enjoyed their beautiful voices.

Christmas time. . .

Blowin' out the candle!

Our sweet Christmas baby.

December is just not complete without a gingerbread house! ;-)

This picture is a few months old, but since we missed Thanksgiving on our blog, I thought I'd pop it in here! Actually, Kendra has a whole bunch of pictures on her blog at www.laparishs.com of that special day. It was great to have our first Thanksgiving at Dan and Kendra's house, and see the traditions being passed down. ;-)

All for now!

~Sally