Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve with some friends here in town. We all gathered together to eat and play games. Since several of our friends (including Ryan) are from Louisiana, we had Cajun food for dinner- jambalaya, red beans and rice and a special surprise dish that Mike made. It was delicious.
We are especially sad to be away from our families during this Christmas season, but we are so thankful for friends who are like family to us in this city.
We hurried home that evening to set out milk and cookies for Santa and skype with our families. While we were sleeping, Santa filled our stockings and even set up Owen's nativity. Apparently even Santa knows that Jesus is the real reason we celebrate Christmas.