christmas day...♥

well....the festivities in the whiteway household started at 6:30 in the morning when my youngest sister laura burst into my room urging me to get up - she had already been into mum and dads room and katies and had a negative response...so the last stop was me!
its cute how she gets excited, but with little sleep i didnt share the same excitement at all!! i dont think christmas is quite the same as you get older...for several reasons ;)

as always...santa had been :) and after all the stockings had been opened and presents unwrapped dad made us a yummy cuppa tea before starting to get ready for church.

my grannie and gramps were at church, which was very nice :) .... the service was too ofcourse ;)
after wishing merry christmas to lots of lovely people, we headed home to get the christmas dinner all sorted...well i say we, i mean mum....dad did help a little - ok he calved the bird (and the beef...katie doesnt like turkey you see)

there was so much food...it was crazy and i couldnt even finish nearly half of my dinner cause there was that much, the thought of it now still makes me feel stuffed!

the rest of the afternoon was occupied by the queens speech...oh yes we are made to watch it every year :) ...i have to say though i dont mind so much. also other tele programmes like shrek and the gruffalo...which i have to say has to be my favourite childrens book ever, and how sad is this...i knew it off by heart :P

our christmas day evening was spent at my auntie jane and uncle nicks....i always love going to their house. my cousin ben went to tennerife today with his football club for a tornament...he is very talented...oh his footy club is manchester united youth by the way ;)

so that was full of lovely food, lovely company and lovely laughs.

all in all...christmas was good....christmas is always good!
so i hope everyone had a happy one...
i had a txt from my beautiful friend candi from SA....she said
"jesus is the reason for the season"
so true....so so true!
please dont forget that guys...

heres some lyrics from the chorus of a song that was sung ever so beautifully at our carol service last sunday...


"Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me"

(if you wana hear the song....spotify it....tis called "how many kings" by downhere ♥)

anyways enjoy peepz, until next time....x

"For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people"
Luke 2.30-31

piccyytures to follow kiddabeans .... ♥