We had a blast with Christmas this last year. Alan's brother and his wife, Chris and Becca, came to visit for the week, and we basically did all the fun things we could think to cram into our time together:) We went to Gino's East for Chicago style pizza, had Chicago style hot dogs, went to the Lincoln Zoo in the city, walked Michigan Ave, visited the German Christkindlmarket and ate sausage, visited the Museum of Science and Industry, saw Dr Seuss' exhibit, played games, and thought really, really hard about going to see "A Christmas Carol"- but we're too poor:) We got to spend lots of good time together and I am so glad we have such good friends as family.
ice sculpting at the Zoo
The Bean...
This kind of really cracked us up! The museum had Christmas trees from around the world and we found this one from Guatemala. Apparently the best they could come up with to describe Guatemala are burlap sacks. Because everyone walks around with their belongings in a bag on their backs:) right.... too funny.
The Phillipines, where Chris served his mission
Isn't she a lamb?! (her maiden name, if you didn't know...)
Puerto Rico! yay for missions.
Christmas morning stockings. Prepared ever so carefully by Santa through the night. I made cream cheese Danishes just like momma's, and we spent the morning opening gifts, listening to Christmas music, and relaxing together before Church.
We started a fun tradition where we found ornaments to describe each others' years. Chris was really into sand castles this year and Becca is an extraordinary crochet-er...
Alan bought me an ornament with books, and I bought him a metal that says "American Hero". It's a joke between us because throughout the year, when he would play war games on his X box at night, I would beg him to come home safe to me. Then he would get busy saving the world. I don't know about America, but he sure is MY hero.
The true spirit of Christmas...
It was really nice to have a chance to establish some of our own traditions and to celebrate Christmas in our own ways this year, but we definitely missed seeing our other loved ones. Good thing Christmas comes every year and we get the joy of Christmas all year round! (our tree perhaps has or has not been taken down yet...oops!)
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