McGuirt Family Christmas 2017

The Saturday before Christmas brought the McGuirt Family Christmas celebration. It was these two little ladies first Christmas celebration.

First , we had all the family over for lunch and ornament decorating.

Then since it was 73 degrees on December 23rd, we spent most of the afternoon outside.

There was basketball playing

 and lots of cousin time.

 This was as close as I  got to a full cousin picture this year. Inman was not into coming to have a picture with the girl cousins, he wanted to play in the Cozy Coupe!

 We got almost all the girls smiling

 and some of the Grand girls with Nana.

 After most of the little ones had naps, we headed to Nana's for supper and presents.

 We had more cousin time while the lasagna was cooking. Inman showed us how strong he is and had fun playing ball with Uncle Brent too.

The lasagna cookers did a great job again this year

 And almost all of that lasagna was gone at the end of the meal!  McGuirt lasagna for Christmas is definitely a tradition!

 Nana, Brent, Jason and Jared

 After supper, we opened gifts

 Rebekah was just a little bit excited about her new sleeping bag and pillow from her aunt and uncle.

 Bekah and Saylor had fun opening presents together

Overall, we had a good family day. It was not without its hard moments as we missed Papa with us this year, but hope in Jesus is such a blessing. Hope, while it doesn't take away the hurt and hard, keeps us looking forward at the good of the day and looking back remembering doing all of these things and making wonderful memories with Papa. Papa loved eating together, playing ball with the boys, playing in the yard with the grandkids, eating Christmas lasagna and bringing out a gift for each of the kid's and grandkids. So our day was spent together doing all the things we enjoyed with him. Hope, most of all, reminds us that Papa didn't just celebrate Jesus's birthday this year, he actually celebrated with Jesus Himself this year and in Hope, we know that one day because of Jesus coming as a baby, Emmanuel God With Us, living a perfect life for us and taking our sins in our place,we will be able to celebrate Jesus forever in heaven too.