It has been a very Merry Christmas in the Doornik house. I hope the same is true for everyone else. I can't count how many dozen cookies we've made in the last 2 weeks. We've shopped, decorated, listened to Christmas music (Glee was our preferred this year), and watched Christmas movies whenever possible. It's been very nice.
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| Visiting Santa! |
Our church is big, really big! The main auditorium holds 4400 people. This year, the 4 campuses held 20 identical services over 3 days. We went to service on Thursday afternoon and enjoyed the Winter Wonderland they set up for the kids. The service theme was Silent Night and was such a great message. It was perfect for the season. Jason and the girls always volunteer on Christmas Eve for 2 services as greeters. I usually can't because we have Hayden. This year, he was okay to leave home with Mom, so I served as an usher. It was nice to go as a family to volunteer and give back to the church. I can see us doing this more often. The girls helped hand out candles for the candlelight caroling we have at the end of service. It's a very magical time.
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| Christmas Morning |
The kids sure did have a great time this morning discovering that Santa was indeed here. He left presents under the tree, stockings were filled and the cookies and milk were all gone. No doubt he made a stop at our house! Anna and Sydney couldn't wait to jump in and unwrap everything. Hayden on the other hand, decided he wanted to play with his toys in his room. It was very overwhelming to see the tree with all the presents and everyone crowded together to open gifts and see what each person got. In the end, though, he did join us some. We spent the rest of the day playing with all the goodies. Well, the kids did. I spent my time into the early afternoon putting everything together. We had a nice late lunch and just spent the day with each other.
The kids each had their favorite gifts. Anna & Sydney got Paper Jamz guitar & drums from Santa. They loved that! Luckily, it's music that Mommy & Daddy like too. Anna loves her Epic Mickey game for the Wii and Sydney is now hooked up with the Furry Frenzies City. Hayden likes his super heroes play set, Cars legos from his grandparents, and his Cars scooter. Too bad it was too cold to take it outside for a spin, but the living room worked just fine.
I have a ton of pictures to post, but for a start, here are 2. I'll do more before the end of the year. I know I've been terrible about updating the blog, but that's a good thing! I don't have cancer updates or cochlear implant news to tell everyone about. It's just our life moving forward. We are very blessed to be where we are in our lives and Jason and I are enjoying every minute we can with our family. The kids are healthy and strong, succeeding in the things they do. It's just fun to be together.
