Christmas was an absolute blast. We had fun going to our own church this year on Christmas Eve. Sarah read some Scripture and sang with the choir during the services. We were glad our church did a candlelight service this year. We have fond memories of going to a candle light service with Grandpa and Grandma on Christmas Eve in the past. After church, Hank and Sarah made cookies for Santa and Hank peeled some carrots for the reindeer. Hank chose to make chocolate chip cookies for Santa because he (Hank) declared they are the best cookies ever aside from ginger cookies – and he thought Santa might like some chocolate the best. Hank had to test the cookies before he put them on a tray for Santa. He didn’t test the carrots…
Christmas mornings was fantastic! It was wonderful waking up in our own home and hanging out in pajamas as we exchanged, discovered and unwrapped out gifts. It was so pleasant! Hank enjoyed all his gifts and was especially excited to learn our family would be getting a dog (our dog Cody, died last February). We’re all looking forward to choosing our dog together. That afternoon, we had lunch at Threadgills with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Donna and Uncle Dick. Lunch at Threadgills on Christmas day may just become a family tradition for us. We did it last year and it was so great not cooking a large dinner (and doing dishes), we decided to do it again this year. Good choice. Everyone got to choose the dishes they preferred and none of us had to do the dishes!
The day after Christmas, we had a blast at Grandma and Grandpa’s house exchanging gifts and eating delicious food with Sarah’s side of the family. Hank loved getting to spend special time with all his cousins at once. It was very busy and full of laughter! Hank (and the other cousins) kept sneaking nibbles of Aunt Donna’s fudge and snagging cookies every time they walked past the table. Delicious food and great company made for a wonderful gathering!
The next day, we went to the metroplex to spend time with Tyler’s family. We had fun visiting with everyone and Hank had a great time with his cousins there. We spent one day at Uncle Geoff and Aunt Traci’s house playing with Ainsley and Dalton. Hank had a blast! That weekend, there was a wonderful anniversary party for Aunt Joanie and Uncle Melvin. We got to spend a fun-filled evening with extended family, cousins, Tyler grew up with, celebrating Joan and Melvin. It was lovely. We took so many photos at that party, it will have its own blog entry coming soon. In the meantime, here are photos from our various family Christmas celebrations in no particular order. Enjoy!
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