Christmas letter & picture......LATE!

I had so much fun taking our girls' Christmas picture & they turned out absolutely adorable! I was excited to hand them out at church on the Sunday BEFORE Christmas & to get them in the mail for everyone else to have but......the picture place messed them up, TWICE! The first time I went to pick them up the green background looked black & my girls faces looked stark white in comparison with dark eyes & lips! I knew it wasn't good when the girl at the counter who looked at them with me said, "your girls are beautiful, are they wearing makeup?" MAKEUP!? Oh brother! So, she made a note for them to be reprocessed lighter. Well, I went to pick them up yesterday & now they are WAY too light! The background looks light green & my girls faces are blotchy & shiny! UGH! She said they have been having problems like this when pictures are sent online. I thought I was saving myself time by sending them directly to them online but, obviously not! I got to keep them for free so now I have 60 copies of it......better than seeing them throw pictures of my babies away! : ) Another test of this Mommy's very sinful heart! God has a plan & knows what I need! Soooooo, our Christmas letter & picture will now be a New Year's letter & picture! I am hoping God is giving me grace to grow in areas like this. If you know me, pictures are VERY important to me! Even though I love pictures because they capture my sweet family in that moment for all time, if I'm being honest with myself (& assessing my sinful heart for what it really is......) there is too much selfish ambition & pride involved in how I am perceived! : ( So, I shouldn't be "struggling", I will still have my beautiful picture of my sweet little girls, I just need to humbly realize (once again) that I don't have it all together like I like to think I do sometimes! SO sad that I even ever have thoughts like that, huh? I'm so happy that God is gracious & kind & wonderful, even when I'm not!

Hopefully, you will be receiving our letter & picture soon.

We love all of our family & friends! We pray that you are well & enjoying Christmas as you ponder the great & amazing gift that was given to us that day, Jesus, the Savior of the world & the Savior of my heart!

Love,
Erin