For Christmas this year we stayed in town (we try to
alternate where we are depending on Thanksgiving). Emily and Sam also came in
for a couple days and it was fun getting to spend time together. They even came
over to help roll Buckeye’s before they got dipped in Chocolate. Dan and I went
to two Christmas Eve services, one at our church and then had dinner at Kevin
and Konnie’s before attending a later service at their church. Dan surprised me
and took me past the house that is always perfectly trimmed in lights.
We spent the night at Kevin and Konnie's and it was so much fun waking up the next morning, having breakfast together, and opening gifts. We then spent much of the day relaxing and eating sweets followed by Skyping with the rest of the family in Texas. In the evening Dan and I headed home to finish opening our gifts to each other. We had taken a couple with us but were trying to think of ways to help Christmas not feel like a let down in the evening. We had a lot of fun and feel it helped extend Christmas well.
The next day we spent most of the morning and lunch with everyone before Sam and Emily headed to his parents and we drove up to see my family. We exchanged gifts with my family that night since Stephen and Michelle were also at my parent's. The following day we had our Christmas Breakfast with my Dad's family and then Dan and I spent the rest of the weekend with Stephen and Michelle.
The following week we surprised my parents by showing up on New Years Day for my Mom's family get together for New Years, lunch and bowling. We had a lot of fun with my cousins and then later that weekend we got to see almost everyone again at the official Christmas for my mom's family, which is always eating, playing games, and chatting.
It was a lot of family time, a lot of fun, and I was glad we were able to see almost everyone from both sides of our families. I ended the year feeling very blessed and loved by two great families :) I am feeling very excited about 2015 and what God has planned this year for us. And no huge Exam!!!
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