Christmas

We had a pretty good Christmas. The pictures below don't do justice what we actually received. Thanks so much to all of our wonderful family members for remembering us and spoiling us rotten. The kids loved all of their presents and Jared and I feel very blessed.

On another note, the only thing that would have made this Christmas a little more enjoyable would be the blessing of health - which was not something we've enjoyed in our home this past week. Talen came down with a stomach bug on Christmas Eve and threw up about 7 or 8 times from Christmas Eve through to Christmas Day evening. He was up all night Christmas Eve begging us for water because he was so hungry (from throwing up) and every time we would give him a drink of water he would just throw it up - so it was a heart breaking and long night - Once in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve Jared awoke to Talen in our pitch dark room sitting on the floor next to our bed. He had managed his way from his bed to our room and gotten one of Jared's bottles of water off of his night stand, unscrewed the lid, and drank it all before Jared woke up, we found him and took him to his room, only to discover that his bed was covered in yet another spill of vomit. He was so desperate for a drink that we was not going to rest until he got it only to throw it up a few minutes later - very very frustrating, emotional and exhausting. Christmas day went ok but then Friday morning I woke up vomiting (among other things). Luckily Kendal and Jared have not caught this very contagious stomach flu yet and we're hoping it will be out of the house soon. Talen and I are mostly recovered, but it is not something I would ever wish upon anyone - very nasty bug indeed.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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