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The Bunch start Xmas Break! Yay!

It is finally here....Christmas break. I am so ready for a break...umm I mean the kids are so ready for their break.  We have big plans on doing all sorts of Christmas fun.  We have already been to see ICE at the Gaylord and watched the LIVE play, which was the WIZ this year, and decided not to go to Bethlehem Revisited. Well, we really wanted to go to Bethlehem Revisited, which is a really neat live reenactment of what life was really like in Bethlehem the night the baby Jesus was born. They set up the entire town complete with housing, stables, and market to look exactly like it should have over 2000 years ago. You even see Caesar's guards on patrol. We just couldn't bring ourselves to drive the 3 hr round trip drive so soon after we just got back from such a long trip, but we will definitely try to go next year. It was really neat last time we went and we would love to go again. We plan on enjoying building our gingerbread houses, watching lots of Christmas movies, and looking at some light displays. We will also bake cookies and breads.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Our 21 year old cat getting festive....I took it off shortly after this, she was not amused!

A showing off the boy scout craft that I helped make with the troops.

A's team won the gingerbread house decorating contest.

A making her gingerbread house

L making her gingerbread house.

T eating, I mean making his gingerbread house.

Shockingly, there was enough candy left to make some pretty cute houses.

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