The Fullness of Time {a Christmas hymn}

I had to share this beautiful song, written and performed by Jack Franicevich, 

a college student who worships with us at Grace EV Free Church La Mirada. 

Listen to and marvel at the greatest story ever told.

Listen on Vimeo here.

Wonky Christmas

This year I took it up a notch. The usual Costco gingerbread house kit was not for me. 

I was going to make a truly homemade gingerbread creation, on the most humid day of the year,

in the middle of a rainstorm, under a waterfall.

So it turned out pretty wonky, no?

Jack, Elizabeth, and I used our super-engineering skills 

to buttress the warping walls with much candy.

The icing slid a bit lot.

I figure it's a good lesson for my perfectionist son to see his mom, the "artist," 

satisfied with a creation that is most definitely imperfect.

He figures candy tastes good no matter how it looks.

He's right.