 | | | The Christmas Eve "Crib Service" at Brandon Anglican Church. | |
| | | We were given lit candles for the whole service. (Lydia and I held them!) | |
| | | During the service we caroled and prepared the crib for the Christ. | |
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| | | Christmas morning, the boys were excited to see if Santa Claus visited England. | |
| | | Finally the wait was over. They were nice and let us sleep until 7:30. | |
| | | Father Christmas did not let the boys down! | |
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| | | Justin was helpful in showing Kaden where all the gifts were. | |
| | | I don't think he would have had problems anyway. | |
| | | The stockings were loaded with the standard goods: candy and a toothbrush. | |
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| | | Santa brought Justin's favorite gift of the year: Boba Fett's LEGO ship. | |
| | | Kaden was happy with a lot of things too: Castle books... | |
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| | | Thomas the Tank Engine train sets, | |
| | | | Justin also liked the giant chocolate coins, | |
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| | | a mini zipper-pull flashlight for dark English nights, | |
| | | But most of all the LEGOs! He even had a LEGO Christmas tree. | |
| | | Justin worked on all his LEGOs most of the day, with a little help from his dad! | |
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| | | Even after church, there was work to be done. | |
| | | With all the 'work' to do, everybody got into the act! | |
| | | The boys left a tray of goodies for Santa. They chose egg nog and Twizzlers. | |
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| | | Kaden even got a special slant desk to help with his eyes. | |
| | | The boys played nicely with each other all day. | |
| | | There was so much to do, they hardly sat still!! | |
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| | | Their favorite gifts were the LEGOs, castles, Star Wars, and Bionicles. | |
| | | Although Kaden always likes the soft, fuzzy, and purple gifts too! | |
| | | Craig gave Justin a model and paints for some fun together time. | |
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| | | Lydia received some fun gifts too. | |
| | | Her favorite gift was the Su-Doku book that she worked on all day. | |
| | | Her favorite part of the day was spending time with everyone in the Drawing room | |
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| | | Craig's favorite gift was his new computer and digital camera. | |
| | | The computer quickly became everybody's favorite gift and event. | |
| | | We were actually able to "be" in Columbus after all. | |
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| | | It was a fun day for everyone. What a wonderful way to celebrate Christ's bi... | |
| | | Even with all the fun, we miss everyone back home. Merry Christmas!!! | |
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