Merry Christmas to All!!!

Merry Christmas (belated) everybody!! We had a really nice first Christmas in NC. On Christmas Eve we let the boys open their gifts that they had received in the mail from family. They received Nintendo DS's, DS games, gift cards and some nice frames. Later in the evening we had our friends over for dinner (a big feast as the boys say). They had a great time running around and playing with their friends and eating cookies. Thank you to everyone that sent special holiday cards and packages to the boys, we all really appreciate it!! Thank you!! Christmas morning at 5:00 a.m. Owen woke up anxious to see what Santa brought. So we went and woke up sleepy head Justin and just like a switch he was awake and ready to go. Santa brought new bikes, DS games, gameboy games, new fishing poles each equiped with their own tackle boxes, another guitar for Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero Legends of Rock, and some other small things. They played all day with everything that they had gotten. Then in the afternoon we went over to visit our friends that came over for dinner and let the kids ride their bikes outside. Then went to another friends house for dessert. Their house was full of kids that the boys know from school and the pool and friends that we know that are all in our situation (family living out of state). Although it was a very different Christmas for all us and we miss everyone we had a nice holiday. I tell the boys how lucky they are to get to celebrate Christmas so much this year. We celebrated Christmas with my family over the Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas over the past two days, and Dan and Deb are coming in on Friday to celebrate Christmas. So I think they are enjoying the extended holiday season and gift giving! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas