Jongsma Christmas

Gma and Gpa gave her play food- there are 120 PIECES! Who is going to clean that up?!
New garbage truck!
Showing off the new rainboots
Good picture of my Mom and Julia
Love having my sister around
Caleb's best Christmas present so far- thanks Aunt Steph!
Isaac took this picture of me
Julia got to attend Isaac's preschool Christmas party- she felt so big
Grandma and the kids


Last weekend we celebrated Christmas with my family! My sister came in from Denver for a couple days. As always we love seeing her and hate saying goodbye again. My Mom, sister and I spent a day in Chicago. We took a train in from Michigan City, although we barely made the train as it was horrible driving conditions that morning. We had a nice time catching up, shopping and eating out. We stopped at Ghiradelli's for an ice cream sundae (awesome) and had pizza at Gino's East. My family was able to see Caleb's Christmas program at church. He was a shepherd. He didn't have any speaking lines or solos which is just FINE with him. I don't foresee him ever wanting to do that. We weren't able to get any good pictures of him in his costume. The kids enjoyed opening presents early in December! Caleb received an Aaron Rogers jersey (QB for the Packers) from my sister. He is in heaven. He loves wearing that shirt. And when he takes it off he tries to fold it. That is the only piece of clothing I have ever seen him fold. So adorable. For some reason I did not get any pictures of my Dad or Tim and Jenny at Christmas, sorry!

Isaac had his Christmas program at school last night. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the service (what??) so we don't have any pictures of his program either. We tried to videotape, but not sure how well that turned out. Isaac was very into it. He was singing with lots of expression, not over the top though. :) The preschoolers were definitely the highlight of the program.

I know I already posted about the His Little Feet choir, but I wanted to share one more thought. The choir said they were blessed by their time in South Haven and asked me to write a reflection on my time with the choir. They might use my piece in their marketing materials, we'll see. Here is what I wrote:

Spending time with the His Little Feet children has deepened my orphan advocacy and impacted my family. I have experience with adoption and foster care, but I’ve longed to participate in caring for orphans abroad. We have young children and taking a trip hasn’t been a possibility yet. However, the choir brought the opportunity to care for orphans to us. Hosting two boys was an experience that will stay with my family forever. It meant so much to form a relationship with the boys, even just for a couple of days. We were able to play games, hug them and just spend time together. My children hear about orphans, but this was a chance for them to see orphans are just kids like them, but they need a family. I cried after our boys left. It makes me sad to think I may never see them again on earth, but praise God for the hope of heaven! The choir’s performance gave me chills. I could see people “catching” God’s heart for orphans. We are thankful for the ministry of His Little Feet and definitely would encourage others to get involved!