Monday, December 28, 2009

A Merry Christmas Indeed!

This year we had Christmas at the Evans's household. It was a blast! There were 17 people crammed into a home made for two, but has had some modifications to help fit some more people. Six out of the seven Evans children were present for the holiday. It is understandable that Aaron & Kelsey did not make it because they just had a baby 9 days before. (Congrats again) Their absence was missed, but having a white Christmas helped us deal with it! It was great to spend time with so much family. For Christmas dinner there were 22 people total, crammed into the home!

It was so fun to see Kenya and her first Christmas! We want to thank the Evans & Drapers for helping to spoil us this year! We got way more gifts than expected or necessary, but we are sooooo grateful! Kenya already loves the many toys she got!

Here some pictures of my Christmas present from Don! He really is Santa because I never told him and Lois never told him how much I have been wanting a good quality Samurai sword. (Thank you so much!) It is quite sharp too! Santa is just that good!

Santa was definitely sharp this year...in addition to the sword he delivered a barrel load of knives this year! You heard it right...knives. I am pretty sure everyone that anyone over 5 yrs old that set foot in that house on Christmas got a knife!


Kenya loved her cousin Matt! Here's a video that shows how much!


He was getting her to laugh like this quite a bit over the holiday. I love his last closing comment!
I was laughing so hard that I accidentally stopped recording, but I got the goods!

The most important thing about Christmas this year was feeling the love of Christ as we all spent time together and received gifts from others. It wasn't the gifts that impressed us but the efforts, thoughts, feelings, and intentions that were put into giving the gifts this year. The gifts of togetherness. The gifts of love and peace. The gifts of the Spirit. It was an amazing Christmas! We hope you all had a memorable Christmas too! We wish you all a Happy New Year as well!

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