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5 days 'til Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and we're just about ready. Our tree is up, presents are under the tree, and stockings are hung. But before I go into Christmas, I should update on what we've been up to for the first part of December.
We traveled to KS. James even got his own seat on the airplane. It was a hard trip - we left Friday morning, flew to Denver, and then drove 200 miles to St. Francis, KS. We came home on Sunday. We wouldn't have done such a trip for anyone except Crystal, Tobias' sister.Crystal was an absolutely beautiful bride. Their wedding and reception were a blast and we were so thankful to be included in her special day.Tobias and James were ushers and I was a bridesmaid. James and Tobias escorted Grandma Edie down the isle and were so darn cute!Tobias, Kyle (the groom), and Josh (Tobias' younger brother) at the reception hall. What a handsome group!This is a really funny picture to me. It's Tobias and his youngest two siblings, Teri and Josh. After the wedding, I finished up my semester at school and started feeling more excited about Christmas. James is also starting to feel the Christmas spirit!Here James is showing off his fancy Christmas duds. The weather here has been great. Since I have a couple of weeks off from school I've been able to enjoy some quality time with James. We went and played at the park earlier in the week. He's at such a fun age now!Did I mention that the weather's been great here? Tobias, James, Bandit (our dog), and I enjoyed a morning at the beach today. The closest thing this Florida baby will get a snow man this winter.James collecting sea shells. Have I recruited anyone to visit us for Christmas yet?!Merry Christmas!

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Liz Morrow said…
Isn't this FL weather great! We are packing our sweaters and coats to go to NC tomorrow. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! I love the sand "snowman." Too cute!
December 21, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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