Tidings of Comfort and Joy...

Our hearts are full this Christmas Season because we are truly blessed. Our wish as parents was to have a full Christmas that honored our Savior and the reasons why He came. We wanted our children to enjoy this season of hope, love, giving, and receiving. We knew that this would take a miracle, but isn't that also what this season is about?

We looked at the miracle under our tree, for every present under that tree was a gift from a family member or a friend. Each of the girls spent time choosing gifts for each other--Aliya sacrificed her new music toy for Koni, and she gave away many of her special books and toys to Niah. Koni picked out a special toy for each of her sisters from birthday money she had received. Niah saved her allowance and bought everyone a gift from a gift store at her school. There were also presents under the tree from Grandparents to Aunts and Uncles.

The girls each hoped for a special gift, each had love for one another, each gave what they had, and each received from another. We had completed part of our goal--the larger question still needed to be answered...how do we honor our Savior and the reasons why He came? We looked to the reasons why He came...He came to give us hope, He came because He first loved us, He came to give ALL that He had, and He came to received us unto Himself. Once we looked at the reasons, the answer became clear...

We honor Him by following in His example.

We want to say a special Thank You to all for being a part of our Christmas Miracle.

Tyrone, Heidi, Niah, Aliya, and Kiahna