Christmas has come and gone and it was great and full of Family fun and memories. We spend Christmas Eve at the Newson’s with a traditional ham feast and concluded the night watching “A Muppet’s Christmas Carol” (one of my childhood favorites). As always I could not sleep (waking up every hour from 2 o’clock on) but had made a deal that I would not wake Ben up till morning… which turned out to be around 6:45! We sat around talking and getting excited for our day until 8:00 when we were invited upstairs (by the parentals) to begin the Christmas festivities. Santa was so nice to us this year (we have learned that Ben/Santa really enjoys black Friday) and it was fun to see the tree overflowing with presents. As always it was fun to have Jesse and Becky come over with the kids; there is something magic about watching kids on Christmas. We all enjoyed lazily opening presents and then calling family on Skype (best invention ever) and talking to them about their Christmas mornings. We got some great things including; I got a beautiful necklace that Nedra made me (that I love) and Ben is amazing and picked out cute cloths that actually fit me. Ben got some nerf guns (to make up for the lack of a real gun) and some golf shoes.
That afternoon we made our way over to the Stones- Abode to have appetizers and a relaxing afternoon with them… or so we thought. Our relaxing afternoon turned into a riveting game of sardine’s in the basement (you may be surprised how many people can actually fit under on bench, on a window seal or into a closet). It was really fun playing with nieces, nephews, cousins and siblings. There was delicious food (as expected) and we did get a lot of relaxing and family togetherness. We got some great family gifts; including a picture book of our family reunion and stones logo shirts. But the big present of the day, we got a red kitchen aid!! I am really excited to get a house of my own to settle this in and start baking. I am really excited (I think Ben is too- even though he is a bosh lover).
We had a great Christmas and loved spending time and talking with our families. We love you all and hope you all had a great holiday season!!
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