Snowy, cold days with the Hendrens and the Tegelaars. It was the 12 days of Christmas! After some horrific flight delays and waits, the Hendrens arrived at 3 am, with kiddos time zones slightly messed up! Grama (GGma) arrived that Tuesday for a broccoli soup lunch with Donna and Alise to spend a little time with Maelie and Walker; but we all ended up working on a Charlie Brown 400 piece puzzle, and ....finished it that day!! Tegelaars set a record and came through the door at 4:30 on Wednesday, to join us for a chicken taco dinner...and we were off to a racing start.
Favorite Moments:
*Quiet First Morning w/ Maelie, snuggling by the Christmas Tree
*Smiles & laughter from Maelie & Walker, on their first trip down the snowy backyard hill
*Bill & Mar taking the Euchre win against Keith & Mel
*Ringing the Salvation Army bells at Walmart
*Watching Jet share his "ga-ga" with Walker (truck) & keeping him entertained
*Hearing Azi nailing Mikkel's bad habits (that mother-daughter thing)
*Seeing the very clear differences in temperament in the grands at Chucky-Cheese. Some immediately jumping into all the fun, others reviewing and determining the best places to use their tickets, others realizing the importance of following Chuckie in order to get more tickets --just a great Walker Family Fun Day!
*Sitting between Jet and Azi on Christmas Eve
*Reading Aladdin to Maelie and Walker points to the big blue genie and says "Gwama"!!
*Delighting in Zeal's generosity and joy on Christmas morning
*Playing Racko with Jet, one on one
*Costume participation from all on Christmas Day (Teg clearly the most creative...)
*Putting Trux to bed one night, enjoying his insights--reading One Fish Two Fish, trying to skip a page and he nailed me!!!
*"Almost Grown Up" chatter with Azi
*Bible story every night with all the kids gathered in the living room
Simply hanging out and living life with our kids, marveling at their adultness, special relationships with their spouses, and shared parenting. So proud of them.
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