Merry Christmas, God Jul, Fröhliche Weihnachten

Merry Christmas to everybody! We are thankful for a nice and relaxed Christmas celebration with my family, especially because we know it will most likely be the last one for a long time.

We are even more thankful to our heavenly Father who send His Son down to earth to us. Thank you, Lord, for being willing to come and die for us!

Erlend said that this Christmas is about 99% different from Christmas how it is celebrated in his parents house (he said he still liked it though), but we know that the reason for celebrating it is the same no matter which country you are in.

As far as pictures go I thought I would just post some snapshots from today.

 Everybodygot together to sing some Christmasy songs

Oma got an English Bible from all of her grandchildren (she is learning English for Erlend's sake)

Of course it was the most fun to see my 1 year old nephew unwrap and react to his gifts

Since my oldest brother and my sister in law could not come to Hof this year, we had some Skype-time

Erlend holding his niece for the first time, he is finally over his cold enough for it to be save to cuddle babies