Ethan with Uncle Greg, Colton with Aunt Greta Christmas celebrations with family and friends in Arizona!
A beautiful, scripture filled, candlelight service with the church we miss so much, a Christmas Eve dinner that doubled as a mini-family reunion, and Christmas Day that was filled with family and friends. A wonderful time of the year!
Christmas morning 2009
All the plotting and planning, shopping and secrets are totally worth it when our three jammie clad kids come downstairs to find their treasures. This year our sweet girl got her first sewing machine and we got a clear glance at how quickly she is growing up. Samuel received a giant pile of maple blocks that have been constantly transformed into towers, castles, battle sites.... All year long, Ethan has been asking for a tree house. Although his request was for life size, this petite version is getting lots of playtime already.
Our family friend Tom & Abigail, Robyn & Jesse, Diane, Les, Megan & Troy, Brad, Brent, Les & Troy playing cards
We were all so blessed to spend Christmas with family. After our move to Virginia this spring, this visit was especially special. We all talked, cooked, exchanged gifts, and either played or watched tournaments of pinochle!
Samuel, Conner, Colton, Abigail, Ethan
The cousins played all day: blocks, bean bag toss, puzzles!
Ethan with Grandma GraceWe were blessed on Christmas day, but also had 3 wonderful weeks filled with visits in Arizona. While we love living in Virginia, it was so nice to see friends and family in person. Watching a movie together, sharing stories over dinners, and just being able to greet them with a hug... this trip has been a wonderful time of fellowship, filled with great memories. We are packing those memories up, along with so many sweet gifts that were wrapped with love, and will treasure them all year.
4 comments:
So glad that your trip was such a blessing. We were blessed to see you as many times as we did and have some of that sweet fellowship that we ALL miss so much! Love you all, Tiffany
We wish we could have seen you more! Thank you for being a special part of Mateo's birthday! We already miss you!
You all looked like you had a wonderful time. What fun!!! Have a happy New Year. Hope that we can see you soon. Love ya PeriDawn
Sounds like you guys had a lovely holiday!
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