Christmas was great this year. The kids are at perfect ages for it and make it really fun. They got plenty of things to keep them busy for a while. We enjoyed the week leading up to Christmas and spent time with family. We were also able to Skype with my parents in Saipan and hear a little about their warm, tropical Christmas. We're blessed with a great extended family. The kids have wonderful grandparents and so many fun cousins.
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| Coming down the stairs to see what Santa brought. They woke up at 5:15 and there was no way they were going back to bed, so we got a very early start. |
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| Elijah wanted to ask Santa for a real puppy. Santa indicated that only stuffed dogs could be transported in his sleigh, so that's what he got. Elijah was happy. |
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| Carson and his new Lego games from Santa. |
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| Clarissa's Grandma Sandi made her this nice blanket. She loves it. |
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| Tearing into gifts. |
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| Everything opened and Carson trying to decide where to start. |
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| Playing the new Wii. Who says kids can't get exercise playing video games? We've all had a blast playing the Wii this week. Plus, it's teaching them how to keep score in tennis. |
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| We had new couches arriving the day after Christmas, so two days later everything was cleaned up and the tree tossed to the curb. So long Christmas. |
