Christmas 2006… what a fun time. Most of December was spent getting ready for Christmas and our guests: Alex and Kristen! They drove up from Florida on the 23rd and stayed with us until the 27th. Believe it or not we actually all fit too! It was a tight fit, but it was a lot like camping or maybe living in a coed dorm (which thankfully none of us have experience with). We had a lot of fun. We showed them around the area and just enjoyed being together again.
Christmas morning was a lot of laughs. It was Asher’s first Christmas so he didn’t really know what was going on. He enjoyed watching everyone else opening presents and playing with all the packaging. Alex and Kristen got him his own roll of wrapping paper which he had fun with, chasing it all around. Judah got the surprise of his life when he walked out of his room. We did end up getting him the little John Deere Tractor and he did a double-take when he saw it. He started backing up to the bathroom just staring at it and in a VERY scared voice said, “A lawn mow!?!?!” To which we responded, “no, it’s not a lawn mower, it’s a tractor!” That did not fix the problem and after MUCH persuasion by everyone, he finally got on it. Once he pushed the gas pedal and realized that it didn’t make a huge noise like a lawn mower he did a lot better and even exclaimed, “I CAN drive it!” Judah also got quite a few Veggie Tales “mobies,” a Noah’s Ark, and a bunch of Lightening McQueen things (from “Cars” incase you didn’t know); a little throw blanket, a pillow case (b/c he doesn’t like sheets haha), and a great little pull-back Lightening McQueen car that talks from “Unca Aliss and Auntie Kisstin.” Believe it or not, he’s already killed the first set of batteries in it! It was his favorite toy. For Asher we didn’t do a whole lot, we wanted to keep it low key so he wouldn’t be overwhelmed. So he got some little rubber cars, and balls that have things inside of them that are fun to chase around, and he got some cute clothes. He also got a vibrating cow, yeah if you want more info… you’ll have to ask! Haha!
Everyone pitched in for Christmas Dinner and had a blast doing it. Not a large menu, just a lot of fellowship, laughs and fun.
On the 27th all of us drove up to Virginia to visit Aaron and Venessa. It was the first time in 2 ½ years since we’d all been together. We all got to stay at their house, which housed all of us VERY comfortably! It was a lot of fun, games, and catching up. The boys did wonderfully and really enjoyed spending time with everyone. We all said our goodbyes on the 30th and headed home to have one day before it was back to work for Jacob.
So that was our Christmas Holiday. It was wonderful seeing everyone. We miss you and can’t wait to do it again! To those of you we didn’t get to see… there’s always next year! ;-) I hope that your Christmas was as good! God Bless!
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