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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas in Maryland 6:46 PM

We drove up to Maryland for Christmas this year and had a great time! There was a lot of snow on the ground, but it made for a nice white Christmas...our first in a LONG time. It was really great to be there because we got to spend Christmas with a lot of family--The Tooles, Brownes, Lingers & Grimes. We got to see Great Grandma Browne and Great Grandma Toole; cousins Susie, Matt and Morgan; Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dave; Aunt Kim, Uncle Dan, Aunt Mary, Uncle Reed; cousins Shannon, Nick, Justin, Mary Beth, Travis, Johel, Ethan, Dylan, Jake; most of the Dillon clan (at Chuckie Cheese); Rachel, Allen, Kylie & Kira; Jen, Jeff and Gabriela; Abuela and Grandpa; Nemah and Papa; and a bunch of other extended family members and friends too! We spent Christmas eve dinner with Great Grandma Browne and family and then went to the Bubby Knot farm to see the lights and animals...it was so cold, but we love that place! We spent Christmas day at the Tooles and the kids had a great time opening presents from Santa and everyone else. They got a lot of fun toys, lots of cars, trains, planes and automobiles! They got a little overwhelmed by everything, but I think had a great time. The following day we went to Chuckie Cheese in Waldorf and met up with the Dillons and it was so nice to see them! It was kind of chaotic chasing all the kids around, but I think we all understood how difficult it was to catch up, each with our own kids, but just being together meant so much to us! We are truly blessed to have such a big extended family that we get to see, especially over the holidays. Here are some of the pictures from our trip...

Christmas Morning:

Chuckie Cheese:

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Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas... 6:38 PM

Merry Christmas from Brandon and Colin, 2009!

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

visiting Aunt Erica and Uncle Ira 9:24 AM

On our way up to Maryland for Christmas, we drove thru Durham to visit Erica and Ira for one night. It ended up being two nights since there were major snowstorms in MD and VA that we didn't want to drive thru. That was perfectly fine because we loved being able to spend extra time with them. The boys had a blast playing with Luna and Aunt Erica and Uncle Ira. It was really cold, but we had a great time!

We had a nice dinner at Cracker Barrell and the boys loved the rocking chairs! They were just their size!

Of course we exchanged Christmas gifts...Brandon and Colin loved their Navy shirts and tree ornaments!

Then we headed up to Maryland....

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

HSM-70 Family Christmas party 11:27 AM

Juan's squadron held a family christmas party in their hangar. There were crafts, food, bounce houses, and SANTA! Brandon enjoyed making crafts with me, and Colin enjoyed eating as much pizza as he could with Juan. They both did pretty good with Santa...Santa came flying in on Juan's helicopter and the whole time waiting in line the kids kept saying "Santa, Santa" over and over again. It was really cool to see them get excited about it. Probably the highlight of the party was when we were getting ready to leave, Juan took us over to his helicopter and the boys got to get inside it and pretend they were flying. It was really cool, they loved it. It was a great party.

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