Christmas highlights

In lieu of sending out Christmas cards (which I always think I'm going to do and then never get around to), I'm posting a blog about our Christmas holiday :). Although this Christmas was more chaotic and last-minute than Elijah and I would've liked, it was still good, and we had the wonderful blessing of spending with a little ten year old girl from Japan. Kana got here on Dec. 19th, and stayed with us until this morning (the 28th). Despite her lack of English (and our lack of Japanese!), we were able to communicate to some degree, and all the kids (but especially Adrienne) really enjoyed playing with her. She shared Adrienne's room with her, and I heard them up giggling at night as they played with some of the neat toys Kana brought from Japan, and checked out the window for snow before finally going to sleep. Even though Kana was only here for ten days, we are all so sad that she's gone, and are also extremely thankful for the opportunity to have had her in our home.