Christmas 2011 Wrap-Up

Well howdy friends!  I had planned to cause got this entire calendar week off spell the kids are out of school, but I missed everyone in addition to felt out of the loop!  I promise yous had a rattling meaningful Christmas in addition to fourth dimension of celebration alongside your families.  Here's a lilliputian recap of our Christmas.

Our church building held ii Christmas Eve services in addition to Ray preached both of them this twelvemonth (he's non the regular preaching pastor but fills inwards occasionally).  After our Christmas Eve service, nosotros hosted both sides of the menage unit of measurement for a snacky-appetizer dinner in addition to fourth dimension to simply bask beingness together.  The kids performed a few musical selections of their choice...entertaining to all!

Probably ane of Emily's favorite gifts-the 24-hour interval she received it she tried to larn inwards to 100 jumps.  Today, iii days later, her tape was 1,467.  Wow.  Ray & I had to switch off counting.  And, she tin flame instantly saltation alongside no hands.  Do yous recall whatever colleges offering scholarships for pogo jumping?

Approximately 2.7 seconds after opening, Caleb had a popular bottle inwards the dorsum yard to purpose every bit target practise for his novel bb gun.  

My present-a full surprise!  It's a beauty in addition to Ray fifty-fifty added a huge handbasket in addition to bling-bling bell.  Watch out neighborhood, hither I come!

We spent today roaming or in addition to then downtown OKC.  The kids had never been to the OKC National Memorial so nosotros toured the gardens.  There are 168 of these bronze chairs to correspond each life lost that dreadful day, which include nineteen smaller chairs that yous tin flame run across a chip of inwards the background to correspond the precious children lost.  Heartwrenching but it makes me in addition to then proud of how the people of our swell nation came together in addition to demonstrated pity fourth dimension in addition to fourth dimension ane time again inwards the aftermath of the bombing.

There's a lot happening inwards downtown OKC!  This is the novel Devon tower nether construction.  It's huge!  That tower side yesteryear side to it is the side yesteryear side tallest edifice downtown in addition to it used to look big...now it's dwarfed.

 As of this eventide Christmas is all packed upwardly in addition to dorsum inwards the attic.  Our living infinite seems in addition to then much bigger alongside it out.  Now inwards the morn I simply cause got to ready clean the trail of disaster left behind!

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