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Last night I watched my favorite holiday movie "White Christmas" on the new TV the church bought us for Christmas while Rob went over across the parking lot to lead his 2nd Christmas Eve service (that over 100 people showed up to - holy crap!! That's a lot for an 11pm service!) Anyway, he got home at 12:15pm and we partook in our Christmas Eve tradition of having champagne and chocolate covered cherries together and then we put the gifts out under the tree and stuffed the stockings.

At 7:30am our son came in and pulled the curtains open exclaiming "get up, get up!"

We had a good morning of wrapping paper ripping and oohs and ahhs...

Our daughter had requested a doll house and I was relieved to find this small but nice one for only about $30 (since all the ones i had looked at previously were $100 or more). She's very happy with it.

A T-shirt Rob got me (that I love!) And the much anticipated "swimming puppy".

My favorite gift is the little pink hand print that Rob made me with our daughter to match the gold one of our son I already had. Now when my kids are older and don't want to give me the time of day I can run my fingers over their little imprints... very cool Robbie-baby.
I got Rob all the manly things he wanted like a ratchet screw driver, etc. This is what my son got me... :)

My son's reaction to the quilt I made him and my daughter's were quite different... as you can see.

However, about an hour later as Rob told her that I made her the quilt she exclaimed "You MADE that Mommy? It's so beautiful!" So I guess maybe I should have explained better as she was opening it! :) I knew full well that a quilt would be one of those things that wouldn't be exciting on Christmas morning but would be enjoyed many cold days in the years to come so I wasn't expecting any big reactions.

I made Rob an Eagles fleece scarf but no quilt. He has one I made him for his 26th birthday when we were dating. It was my first quilt... looks the part too! But it's warm so I guess that's what counts. These three quilts (the kids and Lene's) were only my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th attempt and I'm pretty happy with them. It was a lot of long hours but I really enjoyed the artistic outlet it provided. I already have more material to start another and I might just make it for me! We'll see.

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I love you all and hope today is simple and peaceful for you.