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| It took three adults about 30 minutes to put together Preston's Christmas present. |
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| One adult watched with much skepticism . |
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| Another decided his talents were needed technologically. |
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| Papa decided to leave the 'assembly' to the experts this year. |
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| Nana kept Lacey safe from any harmful parts. |
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| Both parents felt it necessary to try out Preston's work bench. |
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| Kylie's turn. |
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| Of course, Uncle Jo felt he needed to show Preston how to work a hammer in one hand while 'sawing' in the other. |
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| Mike FINALLY got cowboy boots... a gift from Kylie. |
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| Del I spent most of our time in the kitchen making breakfast and dipped candies. |
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| Lexi was able to visit with her family in Washington. |
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| Del and Shirley finishing up some final touches on the candy. |
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| Our counter full of chocolates!!!1 |
Mike and Kylie arrived at 9:00 last night and we played games and watched movies for a long time before finally putting Preston down to bed and getting everyone tucked into their beds for the night.
Christmas morning came earlier for some than others. Del was the first awake....then I was up and then the rest of the family finally got up and out of bed before Preston was up at 9:45!!! Can you believe that? Too funny. A nice relaxing morning enjoying everyone opening gifts and seeing a few actual surprises. We are not a very good 'surprise keeping' family, but there were actually few today. Preston was overwhelmed with all the fun and just hopped from present to present. He loved them all.
Then Del and I were off to the kitchen to make the family a huge breakfast. While in that process, it started to rain....then sleet...and eventually, about 2:00 p.m., we had a full fledged snow storm. We got about 2-3 inches and a lot of wind to go with it. So we officially had a White Christmas. HOW FUN!!
A special gift from our children...they are taking all of our selected VHS tapes and converting them to DVD's so we will be able to watch them on our t.v. One of the special tapes was of our sweet Michael, when he was learning how to walk. While watching it, I noticed Del tear up a little and Shirley sobbed. Del mentioned later that it was special feeling like we had ALL of our children with us on this Christmas Day in the same room. It will be a priceless treasure for us when it is completed. I am very grateful for their kindness and thoughtfulness. For me, it was nice to see each of the spouses taking care of the gifts for each other and their individual families. Del and I weren't the main people giving the gifts this year...it was the spouses giving to each other. In fact, Del and I gave very little this year, if anything at all. We did take care of Kathryn but left the others to their spouses to provide for. It was nice to see their sweetness to each other
Well, I am exhausted. These past 4 days have literally exhausted me. I will sleep well tonight after a very happy and peaceful day.
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