The Louis Family

Decorating the House

(If you care to get a complete look at our Christmas activities up to date, I just posted 6 different posts... just keep scrolling... last one is Henry's Christmas Program)

Picked out our Christmas tree at the good ol' Home Depot

Got the lights put up

While Tom was putting up lights...played in there a good hour.

Thanks, Sara, for the boxes!

I am so happy about the placement of this year's Christmas cards.... why did it take me 8 years to think of this ?!?!

2 weeks later... we finally decorated our tree last night.

So much fun to see the joy in my children's faces!

Henry did a little pre- decorating.

This teddy bear ornament has to be at least 25 years old.

Margaret Gray was in love.

Ornaments = Teething Toys

Simon headed off to bed. Will have to try these pics again....

... I know H will be excited about that :)

Sweet evening together.

Jesse Tree

I had high hopes of doing some kind of devotional with the kids during the Advent season.

I didn't have my act together to do a real Jesse tree, but thought I could just read the scripture and have the kids draw a picture to illustrate.

We were going to have a Jesse book....

Well, only did the first 5 days... I tried!

Always next year.

Drawing the Earth

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
²The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
³and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
⁴but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
⁵Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearlingtogether;
and a little child will lead them.
⁷The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
⁸The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
⁹They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

Isaiah 11:1-10