Christmas at the Ritters

"Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.


It all changed in a blink of an eye when it was time to open gifts.




We had a wonderful Christmas. Little Jack (not pictured above) was sick, but was a great sport by opening his presents and flashing that brilliant smile once in a while. Brooke was her usual darling self, so happy for Christmas Eve to have finally arrived. Scotty was wide-eyed and excited on his first Christmas. He caught on to ripping open wrapping paper pretty quickly. It was great to have Geoff home for a couple of weeks and for Megan and Ty to spend so much time at our home. We felt lucky to have Stephen for our Christmas Eve feast knowing that he was working both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We also were so grateful to have Lyndsy and kids all afternoon and evening on Christmas Eve. They headed to Washington on Christmas afternoon. Amy is growing up so fast, but she still was very excited about Christmas and all of the surrounding traditions. Thanks family for a fabulous Christmas, especially to Scott who truly is the leader and anchor of this family.

Fear Not-Good Tidings of Great Joy

Luke 2:8-16. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.












And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them;


and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.


And the angels said unto them, "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger".


And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly host praising God, and saying. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."


And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us".


And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.








Shepherds: Jack (15 months) and Scott (9 months)
Angel: Brooke (nearly 4 years)
Mary: Brooke (nearly 2 years)

Christmas Will Soon Be Here!!

Can you believe how quickly the Fall came and went. I am amazed that it is December 10th and I still haven't put up all of our decorations. I usually do this the day after Thanksgiving, but not this year. I was hoping to move the piano down to the family room and rearrange the furniture in the front room so that I could put the tree up in the bay window like we did before we got furniture. (Wow, talk about a long sentence.) The piano is soooooo heavy that I will have to hire professional piano movers, so we will have the tree in the corner again. Maybe next year! After I came to that conclusion, I began the tree decorating, but I have only set up the trees and put lights on it. Tonight perhaps I will finish both trees and maybe put a photo on this blog for all to see the BEAUTIFUL Christmas trees I created. Until then, Happy Holidays