I was so happy that my family got together and surprised me with this portrait on Christmas! Of course I began to cry when I saw it. Danielle took this with her camera with Aarons help. I made dinner at our house for the family then we all attended church on Christmas eve at Grace. It was so nice to have us all together! There was a man at church that walked by before the service that had on a Santa hat ,had a natural white beard and glasses. Candace noticed him right away and screamed, "It's Santa! He's here, he brought me my bear!" To which the congregation chuckled! After church we were invited to Cheri & Jims house with their family and Cheris' side of the family. We really enjoyed ourselves. Emma & Candace wore their fancy party dresses and looked like little princesses! Amanda,Emma, Brandi &Candace left to go to our house to put out cookies for Santa and get the little ones to bed so visions of sugarplums could dance in their heads. Keith & I came home about 1:00 a.m. just narrowly missing Santa as the presents were already there. Phew! Christmas morn was a blast! It is so FUN to watch children on Christmas. Emma woke me up and said ,"Gramma,Santa came ,he left me presents!" Candace squealed with delight! About noon we trekked over to Danielle & Daves' to exchange gifts with them and eat dinner. Danielle made a yummy roast chicken with stuffing. We had such a good Christmas this year. I am most thankful for our family and being together. An added bonus was we were blessed with a white Christmas! I had some sad moments thinking of my sister not being here and the last month with the twins,it just poured out of me at church. Brandi & I did visit Ava & Kiana at one point on Christmas day. We each got to hold both babies and they are doing well and gaining weight. God has truly blessed us .
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