We're spending Christmas Break in Michigan with my and Steph's parents.  It's one of the few times a year that our kids get to see their grandparents and cousins so it's always a pretty big deal.

One of the highlights this year has been getting to take the girls sledding in our hometown at "The Pit".  The highlight of sledding there is going down "Dead Man's Hill"...a 60ft hill with about a 60% grade and a jump halfway down...oh yeah!

Here are some pics from our adventure.  Be sure to make some memories with your family this Christmas.

• Great Christmas Eve Worship Experience at BridgeWay last night!
• Even with 5-6 inches of snow and terrible road conditions, we saw around 350 people join us for worship...and at least 2 people make professions of faith!
• About 2 hours before the service I looked at Matt and said, "do you think we should just move this whole thing to Sunday?" It was snowing that bad and the roads were slicker than a college football recruiter.
• Obviously, we didn't reschedule...and I'm glad we didn't...but if we'd had good weather, we'd have been in big trouble with seating.
• Huge thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make the service happen...especially the set-up teams and parking teams who worked extra hard to make it all come together!
• All of our teams work so hard to create a great worship experience, and I'm proud to be apart of such a great team!
• The band did a great job on Christmas Eve Sarajevo, and having the Treasure Quest kids help lead "All Creation Sing/Joy to the World" was a highlight of the service for me.
• Loved the video clip we showed from St. James Church in New Zealand...you can check it out here...just absolutely priceless retelling of the Christmas story.
• After worship we headed out on the road to spend Christmas with our family in Michigan...a tradition we've only missed once or twice in 13 years of marriage.
• Unfortunately, driving at night with a half-foot of snow on the ground is not a lot of fun.  We successfully completed a 4 hour trip in just over 7 hours and got in around 3am...oh joy!
• Looking forward to taking the final week of 2010 to rest and relax with family and friends...hope you get to do some of the same over the next few days!
• Have a great week...and Merry Christmas!