Christmas is my most favorite time of year. I love the Christmas music (yes I am one of those that start listening to it in October), the caos, and especially the special spirit during that time. But when Christmas is over I am one of those that I am ready for the tree and decorations to be put away. The tree is now down and the decorations have been put away until next year. James had a hard time with the tree being put away. He wanted "my Christmas" left up all year. The spirit of it all even effects 3 year olds. Taylor had a blast trying to pull all the ornaments off the tree and was successful with a few of them.
The week before Christmas was Ryan's birthday. Dave and Kim were here for part of it and Easton spent the following week with us. Dave and Ryan were able to finish the dog house for the most part (we have a new puppy and her name is Joey. Cocoa loves her, sometimes). Ryan got a new pair of jeans and a shirt, a Jeff Gordon car model, a gift certificate to Lowes, and some new contacts. We're not really big on celebrating our birthdays as we like to use the money to spend on the things the kids needs but Kim decided Ryan needed a birthday cake. We had the best intentions and even bought the stuff for the cake but sorry to say the cake still never got made. But I think his birthday dinner made up for it. We went to dinner at Rodizio Grill and Ryan loved it.
We had the Horsley Christmas party on Christmas Eve and had a good time. Santa came to our house on Christmas morning and left all sorts of fun things for the kids. We opened our presents and enjoyed our morning together. We went to Bre & Dan's for dinner and to open our family presents there. It was a lot of fun. We also got to go see Alvin & the Chipmunks on Christmas day and the kids loved it. We had a really good year this year. Even with the absence of Ben and our missing him, he made his presence known and we really enjoyed the special spirit of it all.
Merry Christmas to Everyone!!!
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