Happy New Year Cain Clan.
We had a white Christmas 2010 and a special surprise that arrived on our porch around 1:30 Christmas Eve afternoon. I was busy rushing around trying to get things ready for Christmas Eve dinner for Natalie and Mike, Zachary and Sheryl and Mike. Of course I was hot, despite the snow on the ground. I had most things under control for the dinner. I had set up and decorated the small fiber optic tree, the windows and the dining room. I still had some presents to wrap after everyone went home. My big challenge, as always, is cleaning off the magnetic dining room table full of stacks of mail, bills and stuff. The doorbell rang. Now what. When I went to the door a little face was peeping in the side window. I knew that face. I had just seen in before Thanksgiving when we drove to Indiana for Adam's first birthday. I opened the door and there stood Adam, Lauren and Sean. " What are you doing here?" What a surprise! Dad came home from his last minute shopping and he got the surprise too. Lauren had traded shifts with someone and they decided to drive all night to surprise us for Christmas. Adam, who had just started toddling his first steps at his birthday was now tooling around the house like he had been walking for at least a year. Mike and Sheryl, Natalie and Mike and finally Zach, who got off early at 8, were all here. We had a great buffet ham dinner and lots of visiting and oogling over Adam who had gone from a four legged crawler at the beach to an upright elf.
For the weekend we all enjoyed being together and catching up. My only sad thoughts were missing Amber, Carl, Grace and Adam and Cara and Aubrey. And missing Abbey who
had her last Christmas with us in 2009. As we all get older and the families grow
with more responsibilities it is harder to get together for holidays as one big clan. So how special it is when we can gather.
We had a white Christmas 2010 and a special surprise that arrived on our porch around 1:30 Christmas Eve afternoon. I was busy rushing around trying to get things ready for Christmas Eve dinner for Natalie and Mike, Zachary and Sheryl and Mike. Of course I was hot, despite the snow on the ground. I had most things under control for the dinner. I had set up and decorated the small fiber optic tree, the windows and the dining room. I still had some presents to wrap after everyone went home. My big challenge, as always, is cleaning off the magnetic dining room table full of stacks of mail, bills and stuff. The doorbell rang. Now what. When I went to the door a little face was peeping in the side window. I knew that face. I had just seen in before Thanksgiving when we drove to Indiana for Adam's first birthday. I opened the door and there stood Adam, Lauren and Sean. " What are you doing here?" What a surprise! Dad came home from his last minute shopping and he got the surprise too. Lauren had traded shifts with someone and they decided to drive all night to surprise us for Christmas. Adam, who had just started toddling his first steps at his birthday was now tooling around the house like he had been walking for at least a year. Mike and Sheryl, Natalie and Mike and finally Zach, who got off early at 8, were all here. We had a great buffet ham dinner and lots of visiting and oogling over Adam who had gone from a four legged crawler at the beach to an upright elf.
For the weekend we all enjoyed being together and catching up. My only sad thoughts were missing Amber, Carl, Grace and Adam and Cara and Aubrey. And missing Abbey who
had her last Christmas with us in 2009. As we all get older and the families grow
with more responsibilities it is harder to get together for holidays as one big clan. So how special it is when we can gather.
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We were so glad we were able to come home. It was great to see everyone even if it was for just a few days.
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