I have started this post several times since we've been home from the holidays, with hopes of having a Slideshow to attach, but for some reason I have been unable to create one. I have used slide.com many times in past posts, so I'm not sure what is going wrong. Every time the photos load to 98%, it goes no further, no matter how long I leave it going. So if anyone has any suggestions or tips, please let me know.
I was originally going to write a different post and make a different slideshow for each event, but now that so much time has gone by, I am just going to post a few pictures and stick with the main events, so here goes....
On Christmas Eve we attended church with my grandpa and parents. Christmas Day was family stockings and dinner with extended family. Kellen had to work on Christmas, so he didn't arrive until Christmas night, after 11:00 pm. Felt a little strange not having him around:(
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| With Great Grandpa and Grandma, heading to church |
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| Was fun watching my 91 yr. old grandpa get down on the floor and remember how to play marbles! |
The day after Christmas we opened our immediate family gifts, since Kellen was here. Note to myself for next year....be careful to select gifts that travel well. Despite both girls getting the number one item on their Christmas list (Jaelyn a new bicycle, Kaia a
Furreal GoGo Walking Pup), there were tears! We were unable to fit Jaelyn's bicycle in either of the vehicles driven down, so we printed off a picture and put it in a gift bag for her to open. What in the world were we thinking???? When she opened it up after Kaia opened her gift (which wasn't even on Jaelyn's list), boy, did the tears flow. Watch the series of photos below. The last is of Joshua trying to console her. He actually did a great job of cheering her up, and shortly afterward she was thanking us for her gift, and back to her normal, always smiling self.
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| Evidence of her turnaround shows in this photo. The girls were so over the top excited to give their dad these fake glasses/mustache they picked out at the Dollar Store. The button on the end of the nose even made the mustache move up and down! |
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| Kellen's desperately needed new coat, and personal favorite, nutella! |
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| cousins |
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| New coats, and Jaelyn's impersonation of The Grinch! |
I will try and catch up with Christmas #2 later....
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