Deck the harrs with berrs of horry

Merry merry Christmas to everyone and hopefully you are celebrating with fabulous friends or family.  We are at the end of the day here and it was the best.  We didn't even have presents and we had a great day! Maybe we were finally reminded of what it's all about...the love of Jesus and sharing that love with others.
Yesterday we got together with other adoptive families and the dad of one of them is a pastor.  He lead a Christmas Eve service and we enjoyed singing carols and reading scripture.  The princess made it through most of the service listening and being quiet.  Not bad for a two year old!! Then we all went a riverboat cruise and looked at the Christmas lights around the city.
Today we slept in and just enjoyed being a family.  Really we just enjoy watching her and how she explores things, so there's built in entertainment. After breakfast we ventured to the park where an elderly couple gave us the thumbs up for adopting her.  It means a lot to have the respect and blessing of older generations here as they are very important in society. Then we went to the local markets and bought traditional outfits  and other cool memorabilia.  This is an amazing place with tons of people and celebrating the day through them was great.
Tonight we had Christmas dinner with everyone at the hotel and Santa even came.  We aren't too sure about him yet, but by next year, I'm sure he will be something important in her life!
It has been a wonderful trip, but we leave in about 36 hours and are eager to be home and sharing our bundle of joy with everyone!