What we all got for Christmas

Jude: a cowhide drum (thanks to Opa and Oma who just returned from Africa and 13 other countries)


Hope: a kitchen dish set (Her Grandma Mary Nell knows her well. Thanks Grandma!)


Ava: earrings, slippers (won't she look adorable in them?), and a teddy bear


John: thermal socks, a stocking cap, and a Russian/English dictionary. Can we say "practical"?


Simeon: two rocks (before you feel too sorry for him, you must realize this boy dreams of being an archealogist, and these rocks came straight from the Dead Sea and the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized. "Pretty dang exciting", as Nacho Libre would say).


Liesel: Webkinz, of course (and her cousin Evi got one to match) and handknit hats from Oma