Christmas Story

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their florcks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been to born to you; he is Christ the Lord. this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rest."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 2: 8-20

image from: lisa-snapshots.blogspot.com


Merry CHRISTmas!!!!

Jesus is the reason for the season!!!

Funny Story: Cousins :)

Lipstick. Isn't that what every 8 and 9 year old girl loves? I would say that I loved it then... to quite an extent actually.

I was 8 and my cousin Samantha was about 9 years old. We decided one day to play a prank that I found in an American Girl Doll magazine. A prank that we thought was hilarious then. :) We were going to take all of my stuffed animals and strap them into my car. Since my family was home and we didn't want them to see us, we wanted a disguise. The best disguise we could come up with involved lots and lots of lipstick.

We went to the Bonus room with some lipstick that I had gotten from a little makeup kit. We took turns doing eachother's "make-up". It wasn't quite the make-up that you probably think I'm talking about though. I am talking about a face covered in different shades of lipstick! We put as much on as we possibly could hoping that we would not get caught and we would not get in trouble. Then we added our final touches: wigs, skirts over our pants, another shirt, and a few accesories.

We tiptoed downstairs with an armload of stuffed animals. As soon as we made it, my mom sees us and asked the dreaded question, "What are you girls up to?" Of course we could not lie. So, we told her everything.

Since our little "scheme" had been ruined, we made the best out of our once in a lifetime chance to have a lipstick coated face. We danced and skipped around my house showing anybody that we could our "disguises".

What does this all mean? What did I learn from this?

That you should never expect to get away with something when your parents are right down stairs.



This is a picture of Samantha and I with our "disguises" on! :)