Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
REWIND: Christmas 2010
Arianna and Bernie had fun pointing out every baby Jesus we drove by, playing with nativity sets, and even singing some Christmas carols about Him. They were very well behaved in our Christmas Eve service and they even received nativity scene faithbands (sillybands) during the children's time. And I can't forget to mention that Arianna was picked to tell what she wanted for Christmas during the children's story. She, of course, said a guitar, so the pastor made her stand up, so everyone could see her, and said he wants to see her play if she gets one.
They also know about Santa and had tons of questions. Where does Santa live? How will he fit in our fireplace? Did you hear the reindeer or his bells? How did he know I wanted a guitar? (whoops! We forgot to take them to talk to Santa! But I told them that mom and dad wrote him a letter) and last but not least, why did Santa leave the guitar box in the garage? (whoops again!)
Santa came!!!
Santa ate our cookies, drank the milk, and wrote a letter!
Santa's elves didn't get to bed until about 2:30am because there were some toys to put together. And would you believe that the excited children woke up at 5:30 to see what Santa brought?
Beaming with joy as she picks up the beloved guitar
Dinosaurs for Bernie
Little Drummer Boy
Daddy got to open up all the fun new toys!
We made it to daylight and Papa and Mimi are here to celebrate!
Arianna waited until Bernie opened all his gifts before she opened any.
So sweet hugging the beautiful bear Mimi handmade.
Paps - this is for you since you are always asking about Lunchbox.
Big hugs for Mimi and Papa after opening gifts.
After that early morning, Marty's sister, niece and mom came over to join us for a nice Christmas brunch. And it was 10 am, with 3 hours of sleep, awake for 5 hours and 0 pictures of brunch.
We made it over to Grammy and Grampy's house around 4 pm for more presents and a Christmas dinner.
More Presents!! (Bernie's favorite phrase of the day!)
Grammy's beautiful tree and she (Grampy too!) can tell you exactly how many red ball ornaments there are!
Grammy and Grampy watch all the opening madness!
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