{"id":3947,"date":"2010-12-26T21:07:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T02:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2010-12-27T20:38:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T01:38:04","slug":"merry-christmas-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=3947","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas &#8211; 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another Christmas has come and gone.\u00a0 In the blink of an eye, or so it felt.\u00a0 Joyce came to visit, then Barney, then mom and dad, and we all did our usual celebrating.\u00a0 We missed Rosy and the Johnson side of the family this year.\u00a0 Hopefully we can be a bigger crowd again next year!<\/p>\n<p>Once again we did Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma&#8217;s house.\u00a0 Delicious soup, bread, salad, and pizza.\u00a0 Yum, YUM!\u00a0 Crazy kids, wild rides down the stairs, stories, giggles, fun.\u00a0 Christmas morning Alan, Lex, and I were up at 6am, as usual.\u00a0 We opened Lex&#8217;s stocking, ate breakfast, and eagerly awaited Eve&#8217;s waking.\u00a0 She finally got up at 7:45, just in time for her stocking and a quick breakfast before we headed to church.\u00a0 We went to a beautiful church with nice music, beautiful decorations, and lots to look at.\u00a0 Lex got squirmy near the end, but overall I think they both did really well.\u00a0 Eve seems to love church.\u00a0 She talks about it a lot and loves the music.\u00a0 Then back to our house for presents!\u00a0 Fun, fun.\u00a0 Lots of good stuff, candy, toys, socks, and super cool calendars.\u00a0 Wrapping paper everywhere.\u00a0 Then I kicked everyone out so I could nap the kids (ok, really because <em>I<\/em> needed a break!)\u00a0 I did a little tidying and started prepping for dinner.\u00a0 This year I made lasagna and Barney made the turkey.\u00a0 It was a pretty delicious meal.\u00a0 Of course.<\/p>\n<p>Today we spent unwinding, digging out the living room, running many loads of dishes, and eating chocolate.\u00a0 That will be &#8220;disappearing&#8221; soon!<\/p>\n<p>I put all of the pictures up on my Picasa account.\u00a0 Check it out!<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:194px;\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" style=\"height:194px;background:url(http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/s\/c\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/tessa.johnson\/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOB_c_v8OuFhwE&#038;feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_xGc8ytldDks\/TRfVKyGRslE\/AAAAAAAAH04\/lXEiBspoK5Q\/s160-c\/Christmas2010.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin:1px 0 0 4px;\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/tessa.johnson\/Christmas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCLOB_c_v8OuFhwE&#038;feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;\">Christmas 2010<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Merry Christmas! 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