Christmas 2011 was beautiful, of course because it was Jesus' birthday!

This title speaks volumes for us, because Gentry really understands that Christmas is about Jesus' birthday, not present, candy canes, Santa or ChipLeigh! But that doesn't stop her from asking "Can I get that for Christmas too??" And it is the 26th... It made me very proud when I would ask her,"Why do we celebrate Christmas?" and she would smile and say "It is Jesus' birthday Mommy!"
    These past few weeks (Since I haven't updated for many days) we have been busy, needless to say!  We had Gentry's 1st preschool program which was quite the adventure. She stood there with her arms covering her eyes the ENTIRE time...all 15 minutes of it. At first she walked in with a crimson face, (Poor poor child got my wonderful trait) and then looked down and last but not least put those little arms up over her beautiful face. I was kinda disappointed, only because I knew she had practiced and practiced and knew the words to the songs. She later told me, "Mommy I was just embarress." I feel her pain, really I know what it is like to have that hot feeling in your face and you just wanna cover your eyes, which she did:) We went around to stations in her class and made ornaments, watched a picture video of the past school year and played bingo. Then had a plethera of sweets, just the beginning of all the millions we had this weekend:/
   Christmas Eve we did our traditional Eve service, pizza for dinner and gifts at Nana and Papa's. It was a blast as usual. It was also Dash and Gavyn's first Christmas', so that is always exciting to see how they react. Dash loved the paper and Gavyn just sat there trying to doze off:)  Earlier in the day we were invited to The Hopp's for lunch. They served a delicious Roast Soup, as well as many snacky type items. They are a wonderful family and so glad they included us this year. To end the day, G and I sprinkled Reindeer food on the lawn for Rudolph and all his reindeer pals and left cookies and milk for Santa. She also hugged ChipLeigh good-bye, as ChipLeigh had typed a letter the evening before and let G know she was heading back to the North Pole and really enjoyed her stay and making G laugh at the silly things she did. I have to say I will kinda miss that ChipLeigh and her silly antics:)
   Christmas morning we got up nice and early and went out to see if Santa came, he did:) Ace went bonkers over his Brobie shirt and vacuum. He walked around all morning carrying his new Brobie from Papa and Nana, pushing the vacuum and wearing his Brobie shirt over his jammies, super cute lil man:) G got some books, Dora Dance for the Wii,  tickets to Disney Live, boots, puzzles and a few little fun stocking stuffers from Santa.We ate biscuits and gravy, thanks to the Warrens. We headed over to Nana and Papa's for lunch, er a smorgasboard of food!  This meal was with mom's side and then dinner was with Papa's side. For dinner we did soup and sides.
   Today we went to Wichita for shopping. We found a few good deals and G got a purple mini tree for her room for next year. We rode down with Dash and B. It was great to have some quality time with them, since we dont get to see them very often.  This evening we had our final Christmas celebration at John and Katy's for the Aichele's. We did a fish fry/rib fest. It is always fun to get D, Amelia and G together so they can run their little hearts out!
   All in all the Christmas 2011 was wonderful and we are very blessed. Thank you Jesus!