Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas celebration at EPCOT - December 26

(By the way -- 2 new posts....so keep reading further down)

The day after christmas we had a great (but chilly) time with Kyle, Kristin, and Karington. Each year I've seen the "Candlelight Processional" there, but this was the first time for them. It was just magical - so beautiful and inspirational. There is an orchestra, choir of over 150 voices, the Voice of Liberty, and a celebrity that reads the Christmas story from the bible. After doing the 4 concerts at church, it's so wonderful to just sit and be entertained. We flew to Paris for dinner....ha. Actually, The Bistro in France is pretty close. Joyeaux Noel

French Onion soup, escargots....oo la la!And some fun too.....3D at "Honey, I shrunk the Audience" Nothing fazes Karington, she didn't even flinch with all the fireworks at the end of the night.
Love you all and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas 2009 - Early Presents and Karington's 1st Birthday!

We started early this year and had a nice dinner and opened gifts on Dec 21 before mom flew up to Chicago.
But of course, December 20th was Karington's first birthday - so that was a BIG part of the celebration!! (Don't let her expression fool you - she really was excited).
(I think she's making a wish before she blows out the candles....) Her wish came true....she gets to eat the WHOLE thing herself!
Well, not exactly. We ate the "other half" that wasn't mauled.
Then on to presents. When she first arrived we quickly put the breakable ornaments higher up on the tree. Of course that put the "stuffed" looking ones near the bottom and the dogs ate several of them over the next few days. Hey - they looked like dog toys, didn't they??
Apparently Karington finds the whole "4 generation" picture pretty funny...!
Those antlers were always too tight on my head. Now I know why - they are meant for babies!