We had a very nice Christmas this year. The kids woke us up at 5:30am. We talked about Jesus being born and how the people had waited so long for Him to come. We sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus before we opened our gifts. We recognize Jesus as being the best gift we have ever received! I feel sort of frustrated that there is nothing we can physically "wrap" up for Jesus because I want to give him everything! I know that what He wants though is for us to live our lives as a gift to Him by doing His Will.
We took our time opening our presents. Usually it's a crazy time of everyone unwrapping things at the same time and the kids aren't sure who the gifts are from and we don't see everything being openend. This year we opened one gift at a time as everyone watched. It was fun seeing the kids get so excited about certain gifts. Ben's body just started shaking when he realized that he was opening a remote control car. It was all that he wanted for Christmas and when he saw it he just couldn't rip the wrapping paper off quickly enough! Allison's favorite present was a digital camera. She would have never guessed that she got one though because it was wrapped 4 different with the outside box being Huge. :)
Emily's favorite gift was a Barbie doll and Clara was most excited about getting a guitar. My favorite thing is a scarf that Tim gave me, even though it doesn't match any of my clothes. I think Tim's favorite gift was the first season of "ALF" on DVD that I got for him. The whole family has had fun watching those.
We went to my Mom and Dad's house in the afternoon for Christmas dinner. My sister Bobbi and her husband were there along with some friends of my parents, Jerry and Luann. We ate roast beef, cheesy potato casserole, dinner rolls, 7-layer salad, and pasta salad. It was delicious. We played a card game later and just enjoyed eachother's company.
For New Year's Eve we stayed home this year. Tim's brother and his family came over for a while. We played "UpWords" and ate yummy food. Allison and Clara each had a friend over for the night too. We stayed up to watch the ball drop on tv and then went to bed.
The weather hasn't been great for the past few weeks, so it really seems like we were cooped up in the house for most of the Christmas Break. We haven't been to Church for the past 3 weeks! We did get to go to the Christmas Program at Church on December 21st though and we had a really nice time there.
Before Christmas our friends John and Ellen and their kids, JJ and Maddie came over for a visit. It was really nice to see them again. They live in Kansas but came to Michigan for a few weeks for Christmas. We had a couple of other friends over while they were here and we played Joker's Wild (Our favorite card game). The kids had a lot of fun playing with eachother too.
Well, I want to write about my plans/goals/resolutions for this year, but can't do it right now. Emily is being very cranky today and I need to go have a talk with her. :) I hope to post again soon.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
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