Merry Christmas

What a Christmas! It almost felt like a marathon. It all started at about 7:30 am (6:30 for mom who took a shower). Santa came to our home and Josh was thrilled to find a bowling ball, pins, and bowling shoes. Parker got a new baby play gym and seemed to enjoy it (a plus). My parents joined us for the fun and we even got to talk to my brother Chad who is on his mission in Philadelphia, PA.

The fun continued with a trip to Grandpa and Grandma Mills. We met up with the family to exchange gifts. Josh was most thrilled to find he got a baseball bat and tee. He also got a basketball hoop that counts and cheers for him.

Then... we headed home to change and go to Aunt Teri's. We had our annual brunch and gift exchange. Teri's home looked wonderful and fit everyone so nicely. Gramma Mills gave us all the most wonderful gift. She has worked for the past year preparing her life history. She gave us charts and pictures, but best of all a CD with her life on it. It was the best gift. I can't wait to start listening to it and looking at the pictures.

The party wasn't over there. Then... we went to my parents for the finale. We opened gifts and Santa came there too. Josh and Parker got a really cool new wagon that we will look forward to using to go to the park. Then we had a lasagna dinner. My parents had the missionaries, Aunt Teri, and a friend name Steve for dinner too. We ended the evening with karaoke. It was a blast.
It was a long day, but full of fun. All total Josh ended up with 12 new balls, 3 basketball, 3 baseball, 3 mini four- square balls, 1 bowling ball, 1 football, and 1 paddle ball. The boys were very good and even better, they both slept very well last night. That was our small Christmas miracle!