Our Christmas 2022

We had a very nice Christmas this year. J and I managed to stay healthy the entire time. Unfortunately, A flew home from school (on the 17th) while feeling really sick. He was sick until about Christmas Eve. Here's our tree 

We received lots of cards this year. Probably the most we've ever received.

We have 24 cards as of Dec 31st. We sent out 58.

We did turkey this year. Last year we had prime rib and it wasn't a hit. I wrote a note to myself to do turkey this Christmas. J wanted to try roasting turkey with bacon on top. It was a hit.

My table centre came from Costco.

My main gift was a potting bench which arrived disassembled. That doesn't photograph well! Once it is assembled, I'll post a photo on Instagram. I also got a shepherd and a camel for my nativity set.

J got a "great coat" from me. He had to buy it for himself since he had to try it on. He also received baclava (the Greek food). 

A got some flannel shirts, a dressier shirt in his favourite colour (mint green), a portable charger for his phone, a 5 year diary, a movie Blu Ray, storage for his digital files, and a new boomerang.

A also got a funny gift from C. C put a loaf of bread, peanut butter and a bag of apples in a box. Those are A's favourite lunch supplies.

C received a Bible, some t shirts that reflect his interests (cars and hiking), a book, a poster from a movie he likes, a 5 year diary, and some hiking themed fun socks.

The boys received a Lego car which they put together on Christmas Day. They have't received Lego for many years.

The main family activity we did was going to see the lights at Evergreen Church.

It keeps getting better and better each year.  They have free cookies (2 kinds), hot drinks for sale, a model train set up, volunteers everywhere willing to take photos, an amazing music and light show, light tunnels, and fake snow. Inside one building they had this nativity inflatable.

The night we went to Evergreen was so cold! A even wore pants as you can see in the photo at the top. 

C, A, and I put together a Christmas themed jigsaw puzzle. 

I revived a tradition this year. There is a man at our church who was widowed about 10 years ago. I started bringing him a selection of cookies after his wife died. He wasn't at in person church for the last 2 years. Since he has returned I made up a box of cookies for him and gave it to him on December 18th. It was very much appreciated. 

Christmas Day was busy this year. We are on "set up" for December at church. We had church service and then tear down. C's friend (and his younger brother) came over as part of a scavenger hunt that is a tradition in his family. 

That's B in the green, directing his brother

We had K spray fake snow on C's 2nd story window 

and J had the boys create some smoke bombs in the backyard. 

We ate our turkey dinner at about 5 pm. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing/dressing, and cranberry sauce.

We had chocolate mousse from Costco for dessert.

I'm always a little frustrated at how quickly the special meal is consumed. My boys eat fast and so does my husband. We always do Christmas crackers and wear the paper hats. I didn't get a photo of that. A fell asleep after dinner. Once he woke up we took a family photo. 

I'm so thankful to be together as a family. Some people's flights were cancelled and their Christmas plans were derailed. My friend's family was supposed to come from Texas but their flight was cancelled and they didn't come. I also know of a family trying to get back to the Seattle area and they were literally stuck at the Chicago airport on Christmas Day!

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