Below are a few Christmas pics, including a few from our Christmas get-together at Gma Vita’s place. More pics can be found here.
Here’s Lucy on Christmas eve preparing some snacks for Santa and his reindeer before she heads off to bed. She put a lot of thought into what she picked out, especially for the reindeer. Her final decision: reindeer would want carrots. Lots of carrots.
Christmas morning. Lucy awoke to find a fully assembled train set in front of the tree. Score! After some gift unwrapping, she was also greeted by a trio of dolls, an easel, and a stocking full of treats.
Speaking of treats, the snacks she’d left out the night before had been eaten—and it wasn’t Wubert (we checked.) Santa and his reindeer must have been pretty hungry on their busiest of nights!
Later, we went to spend Christmas day with family at Gma Vita’s. While there, Lucy got a chance to help her cousin Rachel on a hunt for lemons in the backyard.
When they couldn’t find enough lemons on the ground to fit their needs, Rachel used a rather large stick to persuade the lemon tree to part with a few more yellow fruits. THWACK! Lucy helped with the gathering.
Later, it was lots of food, family, gifts, and thanks. Though we missed Larry & Nina (Texas) , and Tisa and Jim (Hawaii), we were lucky enough to have Sam and family make the drive from Oregon.
Like always, we noticed how big all the kids are getting. We also noticed how many of the kids are now full fledged adults (yep, it happens fast!) Thanks to everyone for a great Christmas and Christmas Eve. We hope to see everyone again real soon. Lucy will bring the lemons.
