Merry Christmas! This year, we flew to Kansas City so Doug could go pheasant hunting with his dad, we could attend the Putthoff family Christmas (last time we went Mary was 6 months old), to be Godparents and witnesses to our beautiful niece's baptism, and of course, to celebrate Christmas. There was lots of food, lots of laughter and lots of family. I learned that you can tell a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old that they can open 2 presents on Christmas morning and then they have to wait patiently the rest of the day until their cousins come to open the rest...and they do. I learned that kids can make friends in a heartbeat, simply by playing. I'm envious. I learned that family is what's important. Not money, not "things", but the love and craziness of family.
We had an amazingly relaxing Christmas...at least until 4:30-ish when the Shultes arrived. I thought it was amusing to look around and see Brian and Doug on the computer, Carrie and baby Willa napping, Dad and I on our phones...and this was just the living room. Upstairs, both Mary and Adam were napping in our bed and Mom was, well, in the sewing room, either handwriting individual Christmas cards or watching t.v. or checking the computer.
Baby Willa got her Christmas bath and Godmother, Kendra just had to get a picture. Not to shabby for the phone camera. That is one beautiful little girl.
After nap, we took the kids to the playground at the elementary school near the house. It was a beautiful day to kick a ball.
Merry Christmas!
Kinda funny that Doug's the only one looking (and smiling) at the camera.
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Yes, Mom was in the computer room writing individual messages on the Christmas cards for our children and their spouses (whom we consider ours) and the older grandchildren. Nothing like waiting till the last minute, right?
A VERY BIG THANK YOU to Kendra, Mary & Adam for designing and making spectacular Chirstmas cards for us this year. They were so great I wanted to keep one of each, but knew we had to spread the joy and share them with everyone. The cards truly made this part of the celbration special!
Seems like it took forever for you all to arrive, and then the visit was over way to soon. Looking forward to the next time we can get together again.
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