December 30 – “Timeless”

 

 

I did another wedding yesterday at the San Luis Hotel.  Outdoors in their gazebo.  The Galveston weather cooperated beautifully.  We started somewhere near 10:30 in the morning.  Cool breeze.  Around 65 degrees.  Very nice.

 

Then last night we all went to the Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens.  I mean all of us.  It's become kind of a family tradition.  Josh and Christi and Zak and Caleb got here around noon.  Kel and Christina and Jachin and Micah and Josiah.  Came over.  So did Nathan and April and Cailyn.  Everybody.  There were lots of people on hand at Moody Gardens, too.  Very crowded.  It' shard to keep up with six very active little ones.  Well, make that five.  Josiah stayed in his stroller most of the time.  And at least we didn't have to worry about Mom straying off.  We got her a wheelchair.

 

The lights were fine.  I don't see that they have changed it much over the years.  They move the sled photo op thing to different places, though.  This year it was near where they had the live music going on.  I think that's probably to get people to actually stop long enough to listen to the music.  It was Ok last night.  A guy and girl were singing Christmas carols and some Louisiana music.  At least that's how they described it.  They were also set up right near one of the gift shops. 

 

Kel went into the shop to let some of the kids walk around.  He came out with some kind of device in his mouth that made his teeth flash in a multi-colored light display.  Quite impressive.  Cailyn and Nathan went in and she bought something just for me.  A Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer nose.  Yep.  You put it on with a strap around your head and the pressure makes it flash red.  What's that question?  Of course I wore it.

 

This morning we will have another Christmas Day.  We made special arrangements for Santa to visit again last night, so when the kids get up and get back over here there will be more stockings to look through and more presents to open.  We'll read the Christmas Story again.  Timeless.  Let's do this again in August.

 

Isaiah 42:10 says, "Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them."

 

Father, there it is.  Your call to Galveston to sing praises to you.  Amen.