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| a blur of our tree |
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did. In fact, I'm quite reluctant to admit the celebration is over. I'm happy, though, to reminisce through this post.
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| Benjamin has been excited about Epic Mickey all year. It's a little less accessible than we have hoped for, but with a little teamwork he's doing great! |
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Honestly, the whole month of December has been fantastic. Filled with wonderful Hallmark moments and decorated with Christmas cheer, this has been one amazing season. The boys were stars in Snoopy!The musical. Benjamin made the audience hoot with lines he made up! Mason sang a solo about how Snoopy didn't love him any more (he was Charlie Brown), and made many eyes shed a tear. Cate was in the Nutcracker this week, and was the cutest mouse and snowflake ever! Here's some of my favorite parts of Christmas:
1. Mom and Dad took me out to eat last week just us, and that was really amazing. I also got to sneak in Cate's week by spending some time with Mom while Cate practiced.
2. Benjamin, Mason ,and I were so blessed in that we were able to give 13 small farm animals, a custom fit wheelchair, life-saving medicine, 4 Bibles, and 100 dollars to help sexually exploited girls to World Vision.
3. I worked really hard on a cross-stitched apron for Mom, and seeing her open it was a gift to me.
One more - I got a camera for Christmas! A lot of these photos are from my camera! I think Mom is as excited as I am - I won't use hers all the time!
So, we had a really amazing Christmas. And now we are going to Jacksonville for MSU's bowl game! Whoo hoo! I will blog later with lots of pictures and a review of the book "Oogy." Mom and Dad gave me this book about a dog who was injured in a dog fight and now has special needs, and I would love to share with you! And while I'm at it, I might share a story out of my "Sister Freaks' book from Uncle Len.
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| I recently learned we've been renting my sax and violin for so long we own them! I had an early Christmas gift. |
Don't you love Christmas?
Your Blogger,
Claire P.S. Scroll down for a picture of our gingerbread house - we've started a tradition that is now my favorite! Even though it's not perfect, we had a blast making it and the gingerbread snowmen appreciate Dad's engineering advice, I'm sure!
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| Santa brought lots of goodies for Cate! |
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| Another one of my favorite things - making this wonderfully unperfect gingerbread house! |
