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| Birthday sub with green lettuce! |
Joel was able to take off 2 weeks for Christmas this year so we packed up the car with a thousand and one gifts piled high, threw Lucy on top and off we went. Christmas was absolutely wonderful as always. We had such a great time together as a family. I hadn't seen them since August so it was wonderful to see them and spend time as a family.
Tyler was back this year but we were missing James. We did get to Skype James in the Philippines though. He looks so well- happy and healthy which is always good to see. Prior to skyping he told us his mission president was pretty strict on the 45 minutes call home so we were super pumped when we were able to talk to him for 2 hours!
We had a wonderful Christmas morning filled with presents galore. Everyone was spoiled for sure. We stayed until New Years and then had to head home. By the end of the trip it definitely felt like it was time. After Lucy broke one of my mom's Santa figurines, got into the trash for the 8th time and literally mauled my dad we figured it was time to go.
We had a blast, from ugly sweater parties to awkward family photos we had fun! I wish the holidays would never end, I definitely had a case of "After Christmas Blues" this year. Another year has flown by, I can hardly believe it.
Happy New Year everyone!
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| Ugly Sweater Party |
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| Silly Boys! |
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| #awkwardfamilyphoto |
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| New Years Eve Party |
