Christmas 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

When we got home from America we brought back a couple of gifts for Richard and Suzi! Richard got an ALABAMA hat and Suzi got a gift pack of American Jams. I think they enjoyed both!

At some point Nick and I dressed very similar and we had to take a photo in front of the Christmas tree..

One day I got brave enough to take the scooter into town.. Yes I'm wearing kitchen gloves.. and yes they kept the cold wind off longer than my other gloves. (FYI: now we have proper gloves for the scooter)

A week before Christmas we got some snow!!! We woke up to such a beautiful surprise!!

 
We had a wonderful church party!! The cute Primary children stood there while the missionaries sang the Nativity song from the Children's song book. It was very touching! This really helped me focus on what the Christmas season was all about!

We had a huge CEV dinner!! everyone brought a dish or two and we had a great feast! I was extremely grateful for Grandma Bunny's package. She sent a beautiful table cloth with matching plates and napkins. It was perfect!!

For Christmas Eve we were invited up to spend the night with the Wood family from church. They are so AWESOME!!! We stayed up late and woke up early! 

From left to right you have Tim, Grant, Lauren, and Connie!!!

They were dog sitting!! Isn't she cute!

Nick got me these really cool earrings. I love them so much!!

Nick got his Nintendo 3DS XL with a few games (Thanks Arielle... I Love you.. oh and I bought Lauren and I Borderlands 2 this week.. can't wait to play it with her)

My mom sent me this really cool bumblebee board eraser!!!

Nick got me the Samsung Galaxy note 8.0 (I am in LOVE!!!)

Sorry this post is so choppy.  I'm just trying to catch up and get us ready for the next big adventure, CHINA!  We are really looking forward to going to the most populous country in the world, so much so that it is hard to concentrate on anything else, but I feel it is important to let all our family and friends know that we are thankful for them and their support both in packages and messages.
We really enjoyed Christmas this year thanks for all of the packages! You really made it seem like Christmas!!! We love you all so very much and hope your Christmas was just as amazing as ours has been!  Until next time, L-and-N!