It was a sweet day together but we still missed you Josh!!!
Kori stayed at her families house until dinner---all her siblings were in town.
Jeremy Doctored Preston's shoulder. Aunt Jeremy read THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES while I got to play with the girlies while I intermittantly got the traditional dinner together. We played the BUILD A SNOWMAN dice game and they pulled their prizes out of the mystery can. We played hide the Christmas Elf (stuffed animal) and everyone got a turn to hide it and find it for a prize. We read a few Christmas story books and then made Aunt Sheri's famous Ginger Molasses cookies after the GINGER BABY book. We played UNO. We made our own candy necklaces from this darling kit I found at Michael's. Josh's package arrived mid day and MADE our HOLIDAY!!!! Immediately we loaded the pictures and had a good cry and laugh and felt a LOT OF LOVE for YOU JOSH!!!! (Thanks buddy for sending it!) We had a present exchange with the crazy rules where you all get a number and then can "steal" from someone else. We played it at Don's family party and it was just as big of a hit here....and was PERFECT to keep everybody busy and out from underfoot while I got dinner on the table. After dinner we did the punch board that had the Christmas Symbols in it and talked about how remembering the Savior helps us to make happier choices. We read Luke 2 and then opened our new Jammies and books. Everyone went home and we had dreams of sugar plums in our heads.....mostly I kept waking up to wonder if it was 7 and if we could call JOSH yet!!!!
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