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| My 4 handsome boys |
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| Crazy Josh |
Christmas time of 2016 was spent away from family this year and at home. I must say as I think about the things that we were able to do as a family: sledding, baking, picking out and decorating the tree, playing in the snow, and just being together playing games it was wonderful. I definitely missed being around the rest of the family on Christmas eve and Christmas especially when I saw all the pictures on my phone reminding me that
oh yes they still made plans even when we aren't there haha I thought maybe they would you know cancel everything on the account we weren't able to make it.
As usual I broke out the Christmas music after Thanksgiving putting decorations away and the boys were even excited about the music especially Rowan who always smiles at me with a look like, "Woman, you are crazy, mom." Because there are always dancing that goes along with it and if anyone knows how well I dance...well grace is it not exactly my strong suit. Nor coordination. I love sledding at Wanoga with the boys this year. Josh, who can be timid at first went down the mountain fearlessly. It was a little frightening. Sam or I went down with Rowan, however, he did not like if snow got on him which it often does when sledding. I had to carry Jonah and boy he got Heavy!
We attended some Christmas parties and won the Ninja bread man kit which was great because we got a ninja bread book this year that actually did not come with ninja bread cookie cutters so a little tradition could be in the making. Speaking of traditions we had our grinch night with grinch treats, and read lots of Christmas books, and decided for Christmas eve to make chili and cornbread-a favorite at our house. We watched the Santa tracker and set out cookies for Santa.
It was especially fun this year because Sam was really involved in all the presents. In years past I I got the gifts and the wrapping done and Sam was just as surprised come Christmas morning. This year we decided together what we were getting for everyone, and Christmas eve Sam and I were the elves wrapping the presents and watching the worst Christmas movie ever...like elves do. It was about a woman who fell in love with a ghost. The spirit...of Christmas :/ But, it was so much more preferred. It was fun. This year Christmas was on a Sunday so we woke up made monkey bread and opened presents and went to an hour of church. The boys some humungous legos sets and it took a few days to put them together and honestly... a really addicting hobby. Apparently I enjoy putting legos together.
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| Ninja bread men |
Also, a really nice feature to our Christmas holiday was the fact that Sam took 2 weeks off. It was great having him home. The boys loved it, I loved it, and he actually didn't want to go back to work when the time was up. Of course, in true holiday fashion, what I loved most was the time spent with my boys. What's not to love about fun snow days, coming home turning the fire on by a beautiful tree, listening to Christmas music, and sipping hot chocolate? Exactly.
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| ensuring his presents Christmas Eve |
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| It is beautiful here |
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| Merry Christmas |
It was especially fun this year because Sam was really involved in all the presents. In years past I I got the gifts and the wrapping done and Sam was just as surprised come Christmas morning. This year we decided together what we were getting for everyone, and Christmas eve Sam and I were the elves wrapping the presents and watching the worst Christmas movie ever...like elves do. It was about a woman who fell in love with a ghost. The spirit...of Christmas :/ But, it was so much more preferred. It was fun. This year Christmas was on a Sunday so we woke up made monkey bread and opened presents and went to an hour of church. The boys some humungous legos sets and it took a few days to put them together and honestly... a really addicting hobby. Apparently I enjoy putting legos together. 
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