My mom visited with us from the Friday before graduation until Christmas Eve. We went to Terra Studios (the home of the famous bluebirds), the Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, and a little bit of shopping while they were here. And of course, at a lot of food! Christmas Eve Katelyn and I did our traditional birthday cake baking for Jesus and I made Chili for everyone. We opened our gifts and had a blast watching Katelyn. This is the first time I think she has really understood the gift thing about Christmas. As most of you know she is obsessed with horses so most everything she got was horse related this year. She was in heaven!
My mom got Katelyn a horse that is made by the same company as the American Girl dolls. Katelyn was so excited when she opened it up. And of course, the only thing to do with a horse is ride it.
Christmas day was spent with Justin's family. We all received so many gifts! We truly are blessed with a wonderful and caring family. The weekend after Christmas we went with Justin's mom, dad, and brother to Branson. We made a quick stop at the Bass Pro Shop where Katelyn took her picture with some elk.
And then we went to Silver Dollar City to ride the Choo-Choo Train. When we got to Branson that morning it was in the 60s and by the time we left Silver Dollar City it was below freezing and snowing. Katelyn did well despite the cold and we all had quite a bit of fun. We rode the choo-choo train, the tea cups, saw the living nativity, watched the Christmas parade, and other things. I had never gone to see the lights before and it was everything I had ever imagined. I definitely recommend it next year to anyone that has never been! Just try to go when it is warmer.
New Year's Eve I had to work all day since the last day of the year is always very busy at the bank. When I got off I was trying to make arrangements to get Katelyn from Mike and Kim and I found it hilarious to know that she thought Kim was a meany since she had to go home. I told Kim that if she didn't care she could just take Katelyn to church with her and we would go out to eat and to the movies. I have been wanting to see Twilight so bad since I read the whole series of books in a week. I was not disappointed but am anxiously awaiting the second movie. By the way that the movie ended, there has to be a second one. We went to the church afterwards intending to just pick Katelyn up but ended up staying and playing with the teens and their parents until around 12:30. It was a nice way to ring in the new year. We've done other things since then but I figure that this is a long enough blog as it is. Just one last thing.... Happy Birthday Nana! Today is Justin's grandmothers birthday. We celebrated with her yesterday but just in case she reads this one last birthday wish!
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