What a busy week! We are so happy that Brian is home this week to enjoy the holidays with us. We have been very fortunate that his weeks off of work always fall on Christmas. Thanksgiving, on the other hand, is a gamble. He's spent a number of Thanksgivings in a hotel. We've had some fabulous activities leading up to Christmas. Apparently Kylie got out the camera and was sneaking some pictures. Here's a picture she took of me and my sister practicing a song for church. I have played the piano for a bunch of beautiful Christmas songs at church that have really set spirit for the season. (The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!) My cute sister Joe'E (who is so brave!) sang a few songs whilst I played along.
A few nights ago we had the Bodily Christmas dinner at our house. We had over 30 people with us this year! It's always a good time! It is tradition to take a picture of each girl with her daddy before he escorts her to her seat. I'll have to find the pictures from previous Christmas' to line up side-by-side to see how much they have changed.
Every year we have a visit from Santa at the family party and Santa gives out an ornament. The kids are getting pretty wise to who the guy is behind the beard...especially this year when Santa showed up with the same bandages on his hand from surgery that Grandpa Bodily was sporting earlier. Whoops.
Our beautiful Christmas tree. Next year I'm putting it up earlier than the day after Thanksgiving. How about the day after Halloween? For that much work, I should get to enjoy it longer!
The guys showing off their new jackets. What a good looking bunch! They have entirely too much fun when they get together.
The ladies and their new jackets. I need to teach Kylie how to focus the camera...
The cute cousins and their new track suits. Those older girls are getting WAY too cute! Gonna have to find a bigger stick to keep the boys away!
The boy cousins with their new pajamas...except the older guys who were too stubborn/cool to put them on.
This video is priceless! I only got the end of the show. Brian's mom started blasting music and dancing around, and everyone joined in. Brian's oldest sister Jill REALLY got into the spirit of things. Her husband, Douglas, is in the background waving $1's at her. So freaking funny!
All week long I've been telling Kylie we need to get to the mall to see Santa. She didn't seem too worried about it, and it hit me like a ton of bricks that this might be the last year she will sit on Santa's lap!!! She wants a Nintendo DS with games for Christmas. Lucky for Santa, Mom is a bargain shopper on eBay....
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