We arrived Tuesday night and were fed an amazing home-cooked meal to start off the festivities. The Bossen house was absolutely beautifully decorated for Christmas from the outside in. Really spectacular! It was so much fun to be all together in their new place! On Christmas Eve we woke up and headed to IHOP for a feast (Thanks, Uncle Andrew!) and then went to feed the ducks at a nearby park. Avery and Drew LOVED feeding the ducks up close and personal, and Julia napped through the entire experience. It was a little bit chilly, but it was so much fun to be outside getting some sunshine.
That night we got dressed up and went to the Christmas Eve service at the church Andrew and Jennifer have joined. It was a very worshipful candlelight service focused on the true meaning of Christmas. After coming home and getting the kids in their matching PJ's and tucked in tight, we watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" while eating bowls of Jen's taco soup. (An Ellison family tradition) THEN... came Santa. :) It was a late night, and playing "Santa" is hard work! But it was fun setting everything out in preparation for that magical experience on Christmas morning. And magical it was!
Avery got golf clubs! Julia got a "Learn and Groove" table! Drew got a big ball pit that looked like so much fun that even I was tempted to crawl inside! ...and that's just what "Santa" brought! These kiddos are definitely well-loved, and Collin & I felt like we brought home more than a sleigh-full of toys. TONS of fun for all of us.
Here are our favorite pictures from the days we spent in Sherman, and then a slideshow with MANY more pictures than most of you will have endurance to make it through is forthcoming... but for now here are just a few that have been randomly selected:
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Nathan got golf clubs too - dad is super excited!
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