From the monthly archives:
On Christmas Eve I went to bed wishing – but not holding out too much hope – for the entire family to sleep-in on Christmas morning (we had stayed up late at a friend’s house that evening). Sleeping-in is a rarity on most days, so I was especially thankful when my wish came true. Not [...]
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Each Sunday at church we have a pint size jam session in the front of the sanctuary. The children are invited to break out a box full of instruments and make a joyful noise. Here are Megan and Paul the Sunday before Christmas. (I think Megan knew she was on video – [...]
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Midway Christmas day Paul walked into the kitchen with his newly adopted Lil’Kinz Tiger and complained, “Meggie [the tiger] is no fun at all because all he ever wants is help and he is always asking for new toys.” The irony was lost on my beautiful five year old boy. But all you moms out [...]
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And, because it can’t be Christmas Eve without the yule log…
(Megan and Paul agree this video would be better if Santa came down the chimney and burned his bottom. Whose kids are they anyway?)
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Growing up, and now with my own family, each family member may choose one gift to open before bedtime on Christmas Eve. Paul tried his best to convince Adam and I to allow him to open one gift this morning. There was a lot of whining involved but we stood our ground and eventually Paul [...]
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Our Christmas tree has been up since the weekend before Thanksgiving (Adam was out of town that week so I figured, “why not?”.) What I love most about our tree are the ornaments. With just a few exceptions, all the ornaments we own are gifts from my mother-in-law Barbara. Every year each family member receives [...]
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After receiving yesterday’s Christmas greeting from our friends in Michigan, Adam and I agreed a video response was in order. It was a beautiful, sunny day so we drove out to the beach in Coronado. Without further ado, here is our goofy (is there any other kind of McLane video?) Christmas greeting. [...]
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I’m not going to lie; life in San Diego is good. But part of me that is missing the comfort of spending Christmas with family and friends back home in Michigan. Videos like this don’t help…
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I’m about to admit something which will come as no surprise to those of you who know me best. I’m a total slacker when it comes to buying Christmas gifts. I have great admiration for folks who are done with their shopping before December. It’s just not me.
So, as you can imagine, I panicked just [...]
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Last Friday when our community group rallied together to save the day, they made “gingerbread” houses with Megan and Paul. They used store-bought graham crackers which is much simpler than making gingerbread. The ingredients for fun were graham crackers (duh), frosting and candy for decoration. Yum!
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