Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Christmas at home

This is the first year we’ve ever spent Christmas alone, and while we missed our extended family, we really enjoyed a quiet day together, celebrating Jesus’ birth and family. We finished the day off with a Christmas dinner in our home for our friends who were also spending the holiday alone. What a wonderful time of fun, games, good food & fellowship with our “NC family” on Christmas!

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We couldn’t wait to see what Santa left behind on his visit, and we even let Mom & Dad wait until almost 7am!

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Abby & Emily got a beautiful desk for their room…

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…and Ben got a gaming chair and a Minecraft controller for his Xbox! Everyone was thrilled!

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As much as we loved our big gifts, the stockings were still (and always are) our favorite!

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Splat balls were definitely the hit of the stockings!

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Ben loved his new chair, and Mom & Dad loved the quiet coming from the playroom with Ben’s new headphones in use!

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With our stockings empty, our hearts were full on this Christmas Day! Merry Christmas everyone!

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Happy birthday Brian!

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