Those Christmas Lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Ohh Christmas Lights keep shining on

-Coldplay

"In Him was life and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it...

...and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

-John 1: 4, 5 & 14b

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Yesterday was our annual cookie-baking marathon.

As you can see, we take it quite seriously. 

(I have found successful gluten free baking 

does not lack for ingredients.)

This was our audience about 2/3rds of the way through.

They waited very patiently

for Elli right outside our kitchen window.

Sugar cookies.

Coconut Cardamom Fig Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk cookies.

I kid you not...

Allergy-friendly Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles.

This year Elli was old enough to do ALL the 'fun' decorating herself. And by old enough I mean she didn't get bored after 10 cookies.

A little "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" this evening.