Best Christmas Ever
When the kids grow up and move away, spending the Holidays
together becomes increasing difficult. There are other options to chose from
such as celebrating with the spouse’s relatives or just staying home creating
your own traditions. So it’s a rare treat to have everyone together for
Christmas.
This was the year everybody came to Bozeman. Katie, our
youngest and her husband David flew in from Nashville. Shaun, our oldest, flew
in from Portland, Oregon with his wife Ansley and daughter Sophia. Along with
our son Tim and other son Nick and his wife Jackie and children, Abby, Ella and
Ben who live here in Bozeman, our family was once again together for Christmas.
We had a great time. Besides spending Christmas Eve at our
house, we celebrated Christmas Day at Nick and Jackie’s new home. There were lots
of presents under the tree and plenty of surprises including an unexpected
appearance from Santa Claus. We were all together for church on Sunday morning
at Foothills Fellowship with David playing bass guitar for worship.
That was only the beginning of our fun. Judy and I took the
grandkids on a sleigh ride without their parents. We bundled up and rode on a horse
drawn sleigh “over the river and through the woods.” There were times of
sledding on the golf course hills and snowshoeing in the deep dark forest. Then
there was our annual Sleigh Ride dinner for the adults at Lone Mountain Ranch
in Big Sky. Hardly a moment’s rest the whole week!
The last night together we ordered in Chinese food (our usual
New Year’s Eve meal). Sitting around that table, absorbing all the memories of
Christmas’ past with family was almost too much to process. Later we sat by the
fire in the living room while David entertained us with guitar and song.
It was sad to have Christmas end and everyone return to
everyday life. But Judy and I are most thankful for the memories of the best
Christmas ever.
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