Cain's Christmas Open House

This was the third year for our Christmas Open House...each year at Christmas, Corey, the boys and I do this as our Christmas gift to our church family. When I was a child my family used to do this when we lived in Kentucky...I remember enjoying it so much, so when Corey became the pastor here, we decided to start that tradition. It is so wonderful to have our church family in our home to celebrate Jesus and his birth! We have such a great time making all the goodies and snacks in hopes that in some way we can show our church just how special they are to us and how grateful we are that God has placed us here! We had the best turnout yet this year...around 75 people! It's also fun that some of our family comes for the big event and is able to spend time with our church. After the open house, we had our Christmas cantata at church...it was so worshipful! What an incredible day! We are truly blessed! Here are a few pics of the boys helping make sugar cookies, Bennett mashing the candy canes for the peppermint bark, and a few before and during the party (it got busy and I didn't take many pictures during).