Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all those who celebrate!
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Every year, the women on both sides of our family get together and bake Christmas cookies. The little ones help us decorate!
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We love picking out the perfect Christmas tree! We have an artificial tree to light up our front window, but we always choose a real one for our family room that we decorate with special family ornaments. Each year, we purchase an ornament that represents another year of togetherness.
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What an awesome Christmas holiday we spent this year with family and friends! On Christmas Eve, we attended mass at Mike's Mom's Church, where she performed the holiday service. Mom always adds a very personal touch to her sermons and she had a very nice message for the congregation about hope and faith. Afterwards, we all went over to Kit's parents' home for a yummy dinner!
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| Enjoying the snow! |
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| View of the backyard rink. |
Our wishes came true and we had a white Christmas this year! The weather has been much warmer this December than most years, but Mother Nature cooperated. We had lots of snow and even some ice forming on the backyard rink!
Christmas Day, we had both our families at our house for a full day of celebration! Tommy was so excited for Christmas this year and was excited to receive his gifts from Santa! This year, Tommy's birth parents and birth sister joined us for part of the day, which was really nice. We are so fortunate to have them close by and to be with them during events both large and small.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this part of your experience. It's good to get a little vicarious joy. Things have been rather difficult lately. I've been unable to see my son for a while (schedule conflicts and such). Seeing Tommy having such a good time makes it easier to imagine the same of my son. Thanks again for sharing this and making my day a little brighter. I suspect you don't get enough credit and appreciation for what you do here. Hopefully that will change soon.
Thanks so much for your comment. We're sorry it's been tough lately. We know how it can be when life happens and it's a challenge to connect..hopefully you will see your son again soon. We're sure that no matter what, he knows he's never far from your thoughts!
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