Christmas with the Balch Family
We had a wonderful Christmas that stretched over several days. The most precious event of this season, was watching our son marvel at baby Jesus. We read the Christmas story and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus before endulging in the gifts.
We were in Tucson for a few days to visit my mom and her husband Ken. On Thursday we rode on a horse-drawn wagon through Winterhaven (a neighborhood that is famous for its Christmas lights and decorations). Then on Friday morning we opened gifts and enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner.
We drove back home on Saturday afternoon, just in time to get ready to go to church for a Candlelite Lord’s Supper. Mark’s parents met us there and we stopped by Applebee’s for appetizers after the service. That was yummy!
After putting Camden to bed, we helped prepare things for Santa’s arrival. He brought Camden a bike, that has not been touched still today. Oh well, Santa can’t win them all! 😉
His favorite gift was the train table his daddy built for him. Mark poured several hours of love into making a custom train table and saved us a couple hundred dollars!
Once gifts were opened here, we headed over to Mark’s parents house. We enjoyed snacks and an English based Christmas dinner complete with chestnut stuffing, fried potatoes (one of my new favorites), Christmas pudding, and our all time favorite – trifle! Our family was spoiled with gifts again! After we finished playing a game of CSI, we headed home to go to bed.
Then yesterday, we had one more day of Christmas. We joined the “Lafferty” side of the family for prime rib, and yes more presents! We had a lovely time.
So now we get to find a place for all these new toys and gadgets some where in our house. Yikes! We have been blessed this season as we are all year long.
Please be sure to check the gallery for some pictures of our holiday. We had a lot of fun this year!
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