Jack target practicing with his new Nerf Gun
Hailey playing her acoustic guitar Bruce, Melissa, Papa and I got her for Christmas  | | Isaac shooting for the hoops...ball is up by the light |
 | | Isaac turned and posed for me after his shot...without me telling him to...so cute |
 | | Papa and Peyton |
 | | Eli, Jacob, Nana, Adam and Papa |
 | | Isaac and Rody |
 | | Rody's mom, Peyton, Rody's Aunt Ann, Roz, and Vikki |
 | Nana, Peyton, Isaac and Grammy
 | Roz, me and Grammy looking at her picture quilt
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We went to Melissa and Bruce's at 10:30. We did a Covid test and then waited 15 minutes to get the results. We waited out in our car. Evan came out with what looked like a gas mask on his face. Pretty scary for a moment there as we thought he was coming to tell us the results of our Covid test lol. He had gotten that mask for Christmas to play with. Melissa let us know we tested negative, so we could come in the house. This is the first time we have been in their house and had a family get together since Covid started. Melissa and I sat on the couch together and we had tears of joy and tears of being thankful to be sitting inside together again. Words can't describe it! We watched the kids open their gifts, then Bruce and Melissa and then Bill and I opened ours. I got a beautiful angel ornament from Evan, a beautiful Angel with a tea light from the boys, a double wick candle, Christmas soft warm socks and candy from Hailey, a beautiful soft top from Bruce and Melissa. Bill got 3 hot sauces from Hailey, the solar/crank charger, flashlight, radio thing from the boys and Bruce and Melissa went in with all of us for the garage door opener we gave him yesterday. Bill and I sat in the family room to eat. Bruce made scrambled eggs, hash browns, fried potatoes, bacon, sausage, pancakes, birds nests (eggs, cheese, hash browns he made in a muffin tin) and cinnamon rolls. He also had fresh fruit for us. Everything was delicious! Melissa served us and was so sweet. Bruce poured our juice for us. It was like being at a fine restaurant, but better because of all the love. We visited for a while, Evan, Melissa and I played Uno, Hailey played her new guitar, and we just enjoyed hanging out together. Jack had fun practicing shooting his target with his new nerf gun. It felt so good being all together and having a normal Christmas with them. Last year was so hard. Thank you Melissa and Bruce! We love you and we love your kiddo's. After we left their house, we went to Vikki and Rody's. It was Lenny's 6th birthday, so I gave him extra attention. Karen and Rudy came over shortly after we got there. I hadn't seen Rudy since he was really young when they came up to our campsite. He is so tall and so grown up now. He has the nicest smile and is so sweet. Karen is super sweet too. It was so nice spending time with them. Isaac showed me his new electric double basketball hoop. He's getting good at making those baskets. I made a couple. I won't say how many I missed. Isaac showed me the cool lights he has hung up in his room that Kenzie got him for Christmas. Wow his room looks great with them. Peyton showed me her new doll, camera, art book and markers and the other things she got for Christmas. Rody took the nice picture of Bill and I which was so nice of him. We were stuffed from breakfast, but Vikki did have us eat some yummy flavored pretzels, and gave me Cranberry Punch juice. Rody made coffee for Bill. Thanks Vikki and Rody! We love you and we love your kiddos! Next we went to Kimmy and Jared's. We got to see what the boys got! Jacob had some cool lights he's putting up in his room. He also has a different bed and has so much more room. His room is pretty cool. Can't wait to see the lights up. Adam had his lego set all set up to make a movie. Very cool! Eli was working on his lego set. He had to take one thing all apart and put it back together. He worked at it, and got it done before we left. Kimmy showed me how her Alexis works. They were all having fun with it. I'm so glad she has one. She also has the smart light on the table between her and Jared's chairs. She had Alexis turn it on and told her what color she wanted. Kimmy made us coffee and put just the right amount of creamer in mine. All of us but Eli played 3-13. We played with their new plastic cool cards. These cards were just amazing to play with. I won and stayed negative for most of the game. Jacob was the big looser, but he did maintain well in the last half of the game. We all had fun and had lots of laughs. Thank you Kimmy, Jared and boys! We love you all! After we left there we went to Rody's mom's family Christmas. Our friend, Roz, who we haven't see for a long time was there and we wanted to see her. She is Rody's mom's best friend. We had such a nice time seeing everyone. Everyone was so nice. We saw what Peyton and Isaac got, took lots of pictures, and had fun visiting. We ate some peach cobbler there even though we weren't hungry. What a great Christmas Day with family. We are so thankful that Emmanuel is with us...Thank you Jesus! Our lives changed because of You! |
