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Christmas 2008


The kids were up at 7. I require them to see daylight outside the window before they can get us up. We woke Luke to see his puffy swollen pink eyes, both of them, no doubt it was pinkeye. He was in pretty good spirits all in all. We set him on his John Deere sit and scoot tractor Santa left under the tree. He wasn’t sure what to think of all the presents and wrapping paper. He was happiest on Daddy’s lap with a cracker to snack on...

Jake was surprised by his John Deere windrower sitting under the Christmas tree from Santa. This is something he has been talking non stop about since summer. He was pretty giddy. Jayden was surprised by an American Girl table and chair set from Santa. The kids had heaps of gifts and stocking stuffers. Too many as usual. At the end we open a gift that contains a small statue of Jesus from my nativity. I want the kids to know that it is the most important gift of all and that is why we celebrate Christmas. We are celebrating the birthday of Jesus.Then we put baby Jesus in the manger with my nativity.

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