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Merry Christmas 2009
For Christmas we went home to CA to be with family. Every year we alternate Christmas Eve with one family and Christmas with the other. This year was different in that it was the first year that we would spending the holidays without my mom. B/c of this we spent Christmas Eve and part of Christmas day at my dad's house. All of the kids were there and it was a really special time despite not having my mom there. My dad made all of us a shadow box that included a poem he wrote about my mom, a picture, and 1 of the flowers from her casket. He also put together an amazing slide show of our family put to music and then gave us a statue of a mother holding her baby. I will cherish these gifts as a remembrance of my mom. The holidays were difficult, but we still had fun as we remembered traditions growing up and spent time together. 
My brother and sister fixed up my dad's old wagon. He got this wagon when he was just a little boy. My brother and his wife have been helping my dad sort and clean things at his house and they found this. It certainly did not look like this. They got it re-painted and everything. It looks great and my dad was really surprised. 
Just some of the family. My nephew is in the back and my 3 nieces in the front. My sister (not pictured here) just had another girl...this gives my dad 4 daughters, 1 son, 5 granddaughters, 1 grandson...I think he's doomed to be around girls his whole life, but he loves it. Note: If you can believe it or not, the little girl in the middle is 2 and the little girl on the right is 1....they are so tall, cute, and we loved seeing all of them! 
A present for Ryan from Santa. 
Our little cutie!
For Christmas we went home to CA to be with family. Every year we alternate Christmas Eve with one family and Christmas with the other. This year was different in that it was the first year that we would spending the holidays without my mom. B/c of this we spent Christmas Eve and part of Christmas day at my dad's house. All of the kids were there and it was a really special time despite not having my mom there. My dad made all of us a shadow box that included a poem he wrote about my mom, a picture, and 1 of the flowers from her casket. He also put together an amazing slide show of our family put to music and then gave us a statue of a mother holding her baby. I will cherish these gifts as a remembrance of my mom. The holidays were difficult, but we still had fun as we remembered traditions growing up and spent time together. 
My brother and sister fixed up my dad's old wagon. He got this wagon when he was just a little boy. My brother and his wife have been helping my dad sort and clean things at his house and they found this. It certainly did not look like this. They got it re-painted and everything. It looks great and my dad was really surprised. 
Just some of the family. My nephew is in the back and my 3 nieces in the front. My sister (not pictured here) just had another girl...this gives my dad 4 daughters, 1 son, 5 granddaughters, 1 grandson...I think he's doomed to be around girls his whole life, but he loves it. Note: If you can believe it or not, the little girl in the middle is 2 and the little girl on the right is 1....they are so tall, cute, and we loved seeing all of them! 
A present for Ryan from Santa. 
Our little cutie!
1 comment:
How come I didn't get to see the video? Where was I? Oh yeah, dazed and delirious from the holiday and all. Bring it up when you come and visit again. I would love to see it.
Glad you had such a memorable Christmas. Happy New Year!
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