Christmas 2011
We had a really special Christmas this year! We were able to participate in The Advent Conspiracy, in which our church was asking for $40 to feed an orphan in Africa for an entire year. Our family worked hard (garage sales, Tastefully Simple parties, and sacrifice other wants) to purchase over 8 this year. We gave them as gifts to our family for Christmas. We enjoyed the service at Mission this year and we were happy to have my mom and Ken join us.
Mark’s family, including his sister came over for dinner in the evening. We all had fun. The boys opened matching PJs and so did mom and I!
On Christmas morning the boys let us sleep in until 7:00, which is rare! We opened presents and enjoyed cinnamon rolls for breakfast. All of us were spoiled rotten! Camden got a very cool Lego VW Van Camper, Carsten got a Playmobil School and Mark and I got a very nice set of luggage. We got lots of other fun stuff too, but that was our big stuff! 🙂
Later in the afternoon, we loaded up the van and went to Mark’s parents. Andrea and Mike are here this Christmas which is a special treat! We had another frenzy of gifts, all of us spoiled again and to top it off…we are going on a trip to Grenada, W.I. over spring break. We are really looking forward to this trip!
This Christmas has been difficult for my dad and stepmom and family. Betty went in for a quick thyroid removal surgery and has had some complications. They have been in our prayers and we hope that Betty is home soon to celebrate Christmas.
Aunt Donna said,
December 27, 2011 @ 10:10 pm
Looks like a lovely Christmas. Grenada! You guys sure get to see some great places. Sounds wonderful.
Aunt Donna said,
December 27, 2011 @ 10:12 pm
A lovely Christmas. Grenada! You guys sure get to go to some great places. How wonderful!
(cute pj’s!)
Aunt Donna said,
December 27, 2011 @ 10:13 pm
Oops, sorry, I got an error the first time and retyped it without noticing it actually posted.
Heather said,
December 29, 2011 @ 7:17 am
All the comments made me feel loved! 🙂