Christmas in our new house.

The good news is, some two+ months after catching the blog up, I am working to fill in all the missed weeks.

The bad news is, I have forgotten a good many details.

I do remember that one of the best parts is seeing how the kids gifted one another.

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Sweet Noelle brought me coffee from Finger Lakes Roasters!

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Jeff, Marguerite, Joseph, William, and Victorious joined us for dinner.

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Johanna and Katriel got bean bag chairs from Mom and Dad.

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Marie and Noelle blessed us with music.

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It was warm enough out for a fire.

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Mid-day (these photos loaded out of order) we got to watch Encanto.  This is my new favorite movie!

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Where there is a will, there is a way!  We got all of us into the dining room.

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Christmas Eve 2021

I’ve spent the better part of the last three days shopping or cooking.
Kelly and I broke for a few minutes this morning to be at the mall when it opened.

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Marie worked til 2PM, then played some games with her sisters.

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Both Kelly and Noelle are here for the holiday.

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Church was at 5PM and we were some of the last to leave as we took some photos and visited with our new church family.  One of the ladies in our church asked where in NY Noelle was from and wouldn’t you know she has a niece in the area Noelle may have met when they visited her church.  God’s world is both BIG and small.

We went home for dinner of amazing snacks.
Veggie tray, shrimp, carmelized pigs in a blanket, spinach artichoke dip, taco dip and beef and turnkey sliders.

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And for dessert we had a new recipe.  It didn’t look like much and we had our doubts.  It ended up being amazing.

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Marie and Noelle sang for us.

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