It's Christmas Day!

Christmas Eve in the Sky

We are grateful for God's graciousness to us during our travel on Christmas Eve day. We had a few delays on the ground en route, but the pilots made up for most of the time in the air, so we arrived in RI just under an hour later than our original itinerary predicted! We praise God that we arrived safely & without any major delays or problems. Also, Juliana did fantastic on the plane & even made a few friends...if you can imagine that! :) We enjoyed a lovely Christmas day with Jeff's family, as you can see from the pictures above. Having Juliana as part of the celebration sure makes things a lot more entertaining!

Merry Christmas from the Pierce's!

Hello Friends & Family,

Merry Christmas to you! We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our Savior this year. May all your holiday activities be filled with His joy and peace!

Love,

Jeff, Jill, and Juliana

Christmas Kimono

Juliana's cousins Ben, Yumiko & Sakura, who live in Japan, sent her this Kimono as a Christmas present. Thank you!!

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

According to our neighbor's measurement, approximately 15 inches of snow has accumulated over the past week here at our apartment complex!! Olympia is not accustomed to this kind of weather...& neither are we after living in FL & So. Cal. for about 10 years! As you can see from the pictures, it is beautiful! We are planning to fly to RI tomorrow to begin our Christmas & New Year's visit with our families, but the forecast is predicting snow overnight & during the day tomorrow, so we'll see whether or not our flight makes it off the ground as scheduled. We're praying that we will make it to RI for Christmas Eve, but also praying that even if we don't, we will have a heart of gratitude & joy in our Savior...Who after all, is the reason for the season! He certainly didn't get to spend the first Christmas in a warm house with a delicious meal & cozy bed, so we hope that we can be thankful even if we have to spend a few extra hours in a crowded airport...sure beats a smelly stable!

O, Christmas Tree

This is our 8th Christmas as husband & wife & the first year that we have a Christmas tree!! We have gone home for Christmas every year (except last year), so we've procrastinated on purchasing a tree & decorated our apartment in other ways. Call us "Scrooges"...or simply "cheapskates," but we're thankful that God provided a tree for us this year. (Jeff spotted it on clearance at a store that's going out of business.) Juliana went crazy for the strands of beads as we were decorating the tree & wanted to play with all the ornaments...it was quite fun!

Bright, sunshiny days...in Olympia!

Life's Simple Pleasures

Family Outing