Christmas Day At Our House

Here's a glimpse of what it was like at our house on Christmas day.

Thanks Aunt Gamma and Uncle Wes!

We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope you did too!

Merry Christmas

Love,
The Deens

Fun with Santa

We recently attended Tom's company Christmas party for the kids held at Shenanigans, a local fun center for bowling, laser tag, go-karts, putt-putt, and more.

Micah seemed to like Santa during this visit because he sat on his lap, smiled for the camera, and even told Santa what he wants for Christmas: a spaceship.

Silas didn't mind sitting on Santa's lap one bit. I wonder what kind of face he'll make next year...

We played games.

Look at this happy winner!

Micah had a ton of fun driving the go-karts even though he couldn't see over the steering wheel.

December Visitors and Other Happenings

I survived the surgery and I'm at home resting. My dearest mother has been here helping with the boys, and she has truly been a blessing. She's stayed up with Silas at night and fed him and changed him when I was basically unconscious from the pain meds. I don't know what I would do without her.

Thank you, Mom!

Now that I'm starting to feel a little better I thought I would try to post a few pictures that I meant to post over the last couple of weeks.

Micah and I had a grand time building and decorating this gingerbread house. Grandma Mavis, Uncle Andy and Tom helped too.



In early December Grandma Mavis came to visit for a week. We loved having her around. She spoiled Silas like every grandma should. At times she was the only one able to soothe and calm him during his nightly fits. Afterall, she has plenty of experience. With a combined total of 29 kids, grand kids, and great-grand kids she has quite an impressive resume. Thanks for all of your help, Mavis. We miss you already!

Uncle Andy flew down from Illinois for a long weekend while Mavis was in town. Micah and Uncle Andy spent lots of time rough-housing and being boys. Andy even wore Micah out enough one day that he actually took an afternoon nap.

Vegan Life Is Not For Me

Vegetarian Vegetable Soup. Yep, that's been the most exciting meal in my diet plan since the weekend after Thanksgiving. Thanks to a 1.5cm gallstone I've been on a vegan diet with just a handful of exceptions. But, after tomorrow's surgery to remove my gallbladder, I'll be just two weeks away from sinking my teeth into that juicy hamburger I've been dreaming of lately.

In case I don't make it back to the blog before next weekend, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thanks for reading!

Preschool Christmas Program

So, what's cuter than a bunch of 3-year-olds on stage singing Christmas songs? Not much!

Here's a few clips from Micah's school Christmas program. Micah is the 5th child from the left.






I'm kicking myself for not making time to switch to a zoom lens before the program, but I was busy trying to creatively change an explosive diaper in a middle school bathroom that (for obvious reasons) didn't have a changing table. Oh well.

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