Here is what happened these past few weeks.
Christmas Eve we went over to the Scott family's house for an awsome dinner and a reinactment of the Nativity. Emily was Mary and I was Joseph. Annabella was the Angel and the Star. Marcus was one of the Sheperds. It was a really nice evening. Thank you Scott family.
Christmas day we woke up and did the present thing. We didn't do a whole lot and it was nice. Santa brought one present for the whole family, and I think that by far it is the best present ever. He gave Nerf guns to all of us. We all love it. It is so much fun chasing each other and shooting each other with the Nurf ammo. By far we have a blast, and they makes a great Family Home Evening activity. Here is a great moment from one of our games.
That night we had our traditional open house for anyone who needed a place to go for Christmas. We make a dinner and who ever shows up, shows up. We started this after our first year here and this allows us military familys and anyone else who can't make it home for Christmas to have an extended family to spend Christmas with, so no one has to spend it by themselves. There were a few families that came over and we had a great time. It was nice.
The next weekend was New Years, and Emily and I have never been big on celebrating. The kids went to bed at their normal time cause they are 4 and 5 and I did not want to deal with them the next day. So we bought The Dark Night and kicked back and relaxed. The New Year came and we crashed. Like I said not big party animals. On New Years day the kids and I watched the Rose Bowl Parade and then we watched a couple of Bowl games including the Rose Bowl. The kids were inthrowled with watching Football. In fact Annabella asked me while flipping threw the channels if we could watch the Dallas Vs. Eagles game. That was the best game ever to watch Dallas crash the way they did. Anyhow it has been kinda funny to see the kids so excited to watch football. Infact everytime a game is on they want to watch it and they have to know the name of the teams that are playing.
Now for a funny story involving a football. Marcus got a new football for Christmas and we were out playing with it. Marcus liked what he saw on the College games and so he wanted me to throw it to him while he was running. I told him that we needed to practice catching just back and forth but he didn't want to hear it. So I threw it and it hit him in the legs, he picked it up and threw it back to me, which he has a pretty good arm for a 4 year old, and told me to wait. He then proceded to run out about 25 yards and said throw it dad. I yelled "Marcus, your too far, come closer." "No dad, throw it." What else was I supposed to do. I steped to throw and I thought to my self this is going to hit him in the face. I released the ball and watched it go. It all went slow motion after that, I watched the ball spiral through the air and as it came down I was all of the sudden on America's Funniest Video and Marcus was the star because the ball came down and smacked him right in the face. He fell down crying and I was laughing so hard I was crying as I ran up to him to comfort him. I was laughing because I called it and I could not believe it happened. After we got him calmed down and back out playing catch he asked me why I was laughing. I had no answer for him I just wished I had it on video. I was a classic AFV moment.
Saturday we went to the Army All American Bowl. East Vs. West. It was fun. The kids loved it here are a couple of pictures from the Game.
And now it is Sunday, and it is back to work and back to school for Annabella. I hope this year is good for everyone.
Take care all
And remember it's almost Friday
