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Christmas 2018

We had a wonderful holiday season this year. The winter weather has been rather crazy, but that made for great time at our house with family.

We had a nice looking tree.
Made Cut-out Sugar Cookies...with all hands on deck for decorating.



Joash and Mataya decorated gingerbread houses. Once they were assembled, they were both able to indepently put on the icing and candies!
We opened gifts with our family, with a scavenger hunt for the kids to find their final gifts.
Christmas day found us with a turkey and lots of lovely company.
Boxing day was a great day for our almost annual Boxing Day walk on the beach.
Wilbert's brother and family were here for the week following Christmas. That means lots of music...
Cousin time (all of the kids LOVED Nieko)...
More presents (including the gift that has been circling the family since at least 2010)...
And a family swim followed by an early supper at Boston Pizza. The kids sure changed a lot in that week...
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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