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Lighthouse at the entrance to my parent's neighborhood on Lake Conroe |
I heard a joke the otherday on facebook on the day before Christmas Eve that went like this: "Today is Christmas Adam, because Adam came before Eve".... so I thought I'd title my post about the day before Christmas Eve, "Christmas Adam"...
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Lake Conroe....which is REALLY low from the drought |
Every year we spend a day with my dad, his wife, my sister and nieces. This year we actually celebrated
before Christmas! It was a lot of fun, and Jason actually got off work early to celebrate with us. I felt especially grateful as all the family is in CA still and holidays always make me miss them, but glad to at least have my dad here. :)
So what does one do at a typical family gathering here in Texas??
As with any family get together with my dad at his house, we have lots of food and lots of fun. It was raining so we couldn't play volleyball, but we had a great time together inside with all the kiddos. Here's some snapshots of our fun times together - the only one missing was my brother-in-law, CJ, who is currently finishing his training for the Coast Guard...
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Jenna and her cousin, Lindi (2) |
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Julianna and her cousin, Caitlyn (3.5) |
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Jason & Jayden |
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The Christmas Tree |
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Reading the meaning of Christmas and learning what the greatest gift of all was |
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Jenna loves her princess lip gloss set |
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Jason helping Julianna open her gifts |
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Jayden got some board books! |
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The grandkids got a dress up bin and were enthrawled with all the princess costumes! |
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Josh liked the cowboy costume |
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Fairy Princess Jenna |
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Silly Joshie! |
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Can you even see in those, Julianna?? |
Another family tradition is we dress the kids up to renact the manger scene. Each year we've been fortunate and had a "Baby's 1st Christmas" to portray Jesus. This year we didn't! Jayden got to be Jesus again, although being a 13 month old Jesus, one doesn't want to lay down in the stable. He did try to open the wise men's gifts and pull on the head dresses though! I would normally have pictures, but my camera was full and I didn't get any this year! :( sadness....
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