Friday, January 8, 2010

Four, no Five Christmases

Christmas at Grandmama Mary and Grandaddy Steve's
Christmas with MeMe and PawPaw

Christmas at Nana and PawPaws

Christmas at home


Christmas with Grandmama Martha and Grandaddy Bill
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Sorry no pictures, I thought I took some but I think I deleted them today when I cleared my memory card!

I can't believe Christmas 2009 has come and gone and I am here looking back on the memories. We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of friends and family. Zach and I are extremely blessed both have large families that mostly live close by, but at Christmas time this means lots of celebrating, lots of opening gifts, lots of eating, and lots of family time. All is great, but sometimes when you have all that in 1 or 2 days it gets quite overwhelming. I especially cringe when I hear comments from my kids after about 3 sessions of present opening..."is this all there is?, I wanted...." or asking to open presents the minute we walk into someone's house. I know they are just kids, I just hope some of the real meaning of Christmas is seeping in too!!! This year we attempted to spread things out a bit and I think it really helped! We had a great time visiting with all of our family and just spending time celebrating the birth of Christ together.



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