Our Christmas was wonderful. It was very laid back - much like the way it was when I was growing up. The weather, however, was NOTHING like when I was growing up. Check out how beautiful Christmas day in Vancouver was:
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| From Christmas 2009 |
After sleeping in and showering, we eventually got to the gifts around 11am. First the boys opened their coaster cars which were a HUGE hit. They can hold up to 250lbs, so Mike and I can ride them too!
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| From Christmas 2009 |
For their individual gifts, we got Logan the famous animal hospital (I don't know if it's really famous, but it was always a hit at Kathy's house) and he immediately went to work figuring the keys out. Korben got a camera. We were super excited for this gift and then super disappointed when we saw the quality of pictures it took. We have since gotten him a real camera off of cragslist and he loves it dearly. Their final gift was a train set. This was a craigslist find way back in July or something. It took much restraint on my part not to give it to them early, so YAY for Christmas!
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| From Christmas 2009 |
For our gifts to each other, Mike and I set a $20 limit. "Simple" has been the theme of our Christmases for the last 4 years. We have done a homemade Christmas, a one couple gift Christmas, a "we got big items in November so aren't doing Christmas" Christmas, and now a $20 limit Christmas. We like it this way. We've done it other ways in the past and I can honestly say that both ways have the same amount of enjoyment. Christmas is Christmas whether you spend $1000 or $20.
Mike got me Bunco (I am SO excited to get a group going) and a Shannon Hale book:
Mike got me Bunco (I am SO excited to get a group going) and a Shannon Hale book:
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| From Christmas 2009 |
And I got Mike the new Jon Schmidt piano book:
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| From Christmas 2009 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
2 comments:
I didn't know Mike plays piano! Wow, that is really cool. It looks like you guys had a great Christmas.
I still have to upload that video to you! I will do that today! And then send it out tomorrow. Sorry for the delay! I am horrible with that! But I love the pictures of your Christmas Day! And Mike never ceases to make me laugh with his funny photo ops. :)
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