Christmas

Last Thursday morning Mike got up and the house was rather chilly.  Furnace needed a major fix.  :(  Thankfully it was fixable and we didn't have to replace the whole thing, but it wasn't a small fix.  We limped along (found out the oven does a pretty decent job keeping the kitchen, dining room, and living room warm!) until Friday afternoon when it was able to be repaired.

Friday evening Mike and I went to the church council Christmas dinner.  Nice dinner at a camp on Dumont Lake down in Allegan.

Sunday Mike was Deacon on duty again, so he missed out on a couple good Christmas services at church.  In the morning was a music presentation which included the adult choir, youth choir, and children's choir, plus the orchestra.  It was very nicely done.  In the evening was a carol sing along with some special numbers.

With the holiday it was a nice short work week for Mike - woo hoo!  We had a fun family day on Christmas Eve.  Each of the boys had been given a gift card to Build-A-Bear, so we headed to the mall to do that.  Caleb chose a Batman bear that he also got boots and rollerskates for.  :)  The bear's name is Sam.  Logan chose Olaf (the snowman from Frozen, in case you've been in a cave for the last year...).  He didn't get any clothes for Olaf because then he would melt.  :)  Levi chose a bulldog, and a little tent for him to live in.  I believe his name is Rex.  After that the boys had some playtime at the mall, and they still had to do a little shopping for each other.  The night before I had taken Logan out to choose something for Levi.  While Caleb and Logan were busy playing at the mall, Mike took Levi to get a present for Caleb, and after lunch I took Caleb to choose a present for Logan.  The logistics of helping three boys shop for presents gets complicated!  In the evening we let the boys open one present from us and their presents from each other.  The present from us was The Lego Movie, so we watched that.

Christmas Day we had a nice family breakfast and had fun opening presents together.  My boys spoiled me with lots of 'relaxing' gifts - slippers from Logan, cozy pants and robe from Mike, new coffee mug, and a bunch of candles.  :)  And, Caleb chose a pretty, sparkly bracelet that I can wear out on a date.  :)  In the evening we went to my parents just to hang out.

This morning we went to my parent's for breakfast as my sister and her family got into town last night - the boys needed no "warm up" time with their cousins.  :)  This evening is Mike's family party, and then we have a couple more parties coming up next week.  Really hoping everyone holds up through it all this year!  (Since the last couple years or so we've ended the holiday season by being sick.)  I really don't need another scene like last year - Caleb puking in front of everyone at the Krol party....!