The Christmas of Many Firsts!

The Christmas of Many Firsts! The obvious and most exciting is of course that this was Charlotte's very first Christmas! And although she was cranky… she cut her first tooth! And to make it all the more special... it snowed! Which for Matt and I is another first! Neither of us can ever remember it actually snowing on Christmas day in our lifetime. I actually read this interesting tidbit in the Seattle Times... While there has been snow on the ground for Christmas, in Seattle we've had snowfall on Dec. 25 only five times since 1909, and that's including a trace snowfall in 1944 and a half-inch in 1915. Lowland snowfall is a bit of a bust: Our biggest snow on record was in 1916, when a total of 32.5 inches fell in Seattle between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. Seattle Times Now, to continue on with our firsts... On Christmas Eve we went to First Presbyterian's Candle-Light service for the first time... and it was the first time Matt and Lindsay had ever been to church on Christmas Eve! This was also Matt's first Christmas ever staying at his own home on Christmas day! It was our first Christmas celebrated in our first home and our first time hosting the big Christmas dinner. Whew... this was quite a year. And for next year I have decided... Matt and I are taking vacation days before and after Christmas day!!! I hope all our family and friends had a wonderful Christmas as well. We pray that you felt the Peace of Christmas in your hearts and took time to remember THE (real) First Christmas and what it is all about. Merry Christmas!

Love, Matthew, Nadine, and Charlotte (The Kohlers)