So obviously it's been a while since I updated my blog, hope everyone had a great Christmas with family & friends.
We had a fairly relaxed Christmas, none of the normal driving to a bunch of different cities to celebrate with various relatives this year. Christmas Eve we invited R's and my parents over to have dinner and share gifts with Andrew. He loved being showered with all the grand parent attention!
Christmas day we spent by ourselves as our little family unit. It was a fabulous, blessed day. Andrew opened gifts in the morning, we had a family breakfast, then went to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" (the boys pick...I tried for "The Princess & The Frog" ;). It was a new experience to see a movie on Christmas day, but something all 3 of us really enjoyed.
After the movie we went up to UCSC to walk around and enjoy the gorgeous December weather. God has truly blessed us with a fantastic place to live! The pic above is from our time at the Upper East Field. R and I didn't do presents this year, but gifted each other with the gift of presence. It really was nice to have a simple Christmas where we could focus on what is important: The birth of our Savior.
This Christmas was especially poignant for me, and quite honestly the first time I've really "gotten it" as far as celebrating Christ's birth and what that meant for His life. Going through the medical crisis last year just really put me in a different place for being thankful for the time we have together and for the "little things" we normally take for granted.
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