The Hamon Family: The Glow Stick Service

With Sadie as an active - a very active - member of our family, we have been privileged to several new joys at Christmas. Selecting a tree, hanging up ornaments, or making salt dough creations, have all been experienced through the eyes of a child. Our Christmas Eve was similarly spectacular. We had a bit of a surprise right before the holiday came because I caught a nasty cold. I went to the doctor and received some antibiotics, but just to be safe, we cancelled our regularly-scheduled Christmas Eve party. This year we had planned to have it on Christmas Eve's Eve, and were therefore delighted to find that by Christmas Eve morning had come, my cold was gone! James and I didn't plan it this way, but it ended up being the most relaxing Christmas Eve experience of our marriage! We missed seeing family and friends, but with the graduation just having passed, and Christmas day parties in store, we never skipped a beat.

Christmas Eve, we took our time enjoying the day and got dressed all in red for the Christmas Eve church service. James and I chuckle because we now attend what we call "the glow stick service." A brilliant idea for parents who would rather not watch their toddler set the elderly woman's hair on fire as she tries to enjoy a nice service centered on the Christ child. :) Glow sticks in hand - or mouth - depending on if we are talking about adults or Sadie, we enjoyed the favorite Christmas carols and taking pictures afterward with family and friends.

Poppy and Su Su

Granddaddy, Gammy, and Great

Eating a glow stick...oh, Sadie. :)\

Friends and babies :) Too much fun!

Four fabulous generations of women

Sadie and Poppy holding hands

A handsome bunch of Hamons

Instead of worrying with eating out, we thought it would be best to take advantage of Katy and Austin's presence at Gammy and Granddaddy's. This was the first year for them to be with Sadie at Christmas and their first time spending the night at Mom and Dad's house on Christmas Eve - a special treat for everyone, indeed! As we waited for them to arrive, Gammy and Granddaddy prepared the food as Sadie worked on opening the wooden armoire with her favorite tasseled key of Gammy's.