Christmas Joy

To say that a lot has happened lately is a gross understatement. Of course, nothing monumental such as an outbreak of the bird flu, but we've been busy nonetheless.

The weekend before Christmas Marcelle flew to New Jersey for her cousin's wedding. The wedding was beautiful, as I'm sure the marriage will be, and the reception was a helluva time. The next two days she spent in NYC with her cousins, Mark and Marlou, and Chet and Jenny, where she experienced much needed domestic freedom (Heath was in Colorado with baby Ethan). On Sunday, December 23rd, Marcelle missed her flight due to heavy delays and almost didn't make it home in time for Christmas. However, she got home on Dec. 24th and daddy and Ethan were glad to see her. Ethan had a bad cold and kept daddy running all weekend.

On Christmas morning, Ethan woke up to the magic of Christmas. He was fascinated that someone/Santa put away all of his toys and replaced them with a slide, a tricycle, and a blue sled. He spent the morning playing with paper and bows before discovering the real toys. The next day we took Ethan out on his first sled ride on the big hill behind our house. It was full of fresh snow and we had so much fun!