The 10th Day of Christmas Events

One happy, excited little boy!

On Christmas Eve, David and I had the pleasure of attending the service at Gainesville First Methodist. It was extraordinary! Just beautiful with a wonderful message and lots of singing! Afterward, we headed to Amanda's for a Christmas Eve dinner, and to exchange prezzies with my in-laws. It was so fun to share in the excitement with Ben too! We dined on beef loin, twice baked potatoes, asparagus, and a delicious salad. Coincidentally, about 10 deer found their way through Amanda's yard - Ben was enthralled! David explained that they were Santa's scouts, who had come to see where the real reindeer were going to land. Good thing there weren't any hunters around! :/ Hollie gave me the wonderful idea of a Santa message you can design on-line. She did one for Reese, and I did one for Ben. If you want to see it, click here. I think little Ben was really taken with it. David and I received some beautiful things from his family...Ben even picked out and wrapped gifts for each of us, with a little help from Pammy of course! He got me a re-usable grocery bag, and David got a koozie. Pammy took the time to make us all a family calendar for us to enjoy throughout the year, and we had wonderful "stockings" filled with Trader Joe's goodies! Amanda commissioned a beautiful painting for us...it was taken from a photo I took on my family's farm. I was very touched by the thoughtfulness she had!  We also got some great gift cards, a magazine subscription, and David some much-needed everyday work khakis. Our big prezzie was new ski coats....we are tickled to sport them on the slopes in a few months!

Hollis - the sneaky little elf...you never know where he's going to be hiding!

Placing cookies on the plate for Santa and his reindeer