Christmas and Things

We had a great Christmas ourselves, so glad to have everyone home this year, what a blessing. After serving all the children with the "Box of Love" ministry, we had already been blessed greatly, and with our new home, what a treat to get moved in and unpacked, had a few open house parties, then for Christmas Day and beyond.
Ben and Andy got new watches and wanted to try them out in the darkness of the pantry. It looks more like they are high jacking Caleb.......
Juda was not sure about coming down for Christmas morning. He finally did and enjoyed.
Look what we found in the box of packing peanuts, a different kind of peanut.

Andy offering his morning drink of choice to Caleb as they wait for Juda to come down from the stairs.
Little by little we are gathering for the morning festivities.
Okay, okay, now we are talking fun. Once he got his sights on his new bike, he was ready for the party.
Bethany's first deodorant, strawberry freshness.
Ben and Andy wrapped Caleb's gift in a box then zip tied it multiple times. It was a challenge to get into.....

This must be the encouraging wave for Caleb to keep on cutting, pulling, opening his gift.
We tried to tell Andy, "It is a WATCH, not a TELESCOPE", he is usually a smart guy, but there is always that time or two that we doubt.
Juda quietly picking out the cashews......
The prize behind all the zip ties, tape, etc......
B ball for the little ones.......
A new weight lifting exercise......
Tom was so excited to get his gift from the boys......a new grill......not sure what was more fun.....opening it or putting it together......none the less......the fun now is using it.
Madagascar was the viewing pleasure.....that topped the bike.....
Although, putting together and taking apart his truck was a close top hit too, even among the big boys................
Tom tried to convince us he was reading the directions to the new game by osmosis.....Brody said...NOT
In between delivering "Boxes of Love" we were able to get moved into our new home and put up the tree......with the help of the cats.



This is probably the last picture we have of Juda in his "Harry Potter" glasses before he twisted them for the last time......then we were onto our 5th pair of glasses. The supply here on base is getting narrow, although we are keeping the vendor in business...glad we can be of help to his economy.