Holiday Extravaganza
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| The boys in front of the tree before attending the elementary school "Holiday Extravaganza." |
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| The only Santa sighting we had this year. |
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| Tell Santa what you want Lincoln... |
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| He actually gave him a list! |
Showa Park Winter Illumination Relay
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| Hayden and I at the Showa Park Winter Illumination relay |
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| Me and Bo after the race Santa Run |
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| The fam participated in a "Santa Run" on base |
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| Hanging with buds before the race |
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| Lincoln's first race - 2k |
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| These boys did the 2k and 5k |
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| Lincoln got a ride for the 5k |
Christmas Festa
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| The boys walking to Lincoln's Christmas Festa at Fuji Youchien |
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| Such a big boy! |
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| He's come a long way since last year! |
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| It helps to have your best buddy in your class |
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| He even sang the Japanese songs |
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| A gift from Santa |
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| All smiles with my new fuji blanket |
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| Family photo after the performance |
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| He gave mommy the Christmas card he made...that's me on the right. |
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| Showing us what he made at the art exhibit after. |
Gingerbread Houses
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| Both boys had fun making Gingerbread houses this year |
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| Elf house complete! |
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| Frosty's house under construction |
Christmas Eve
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| We had dinner with friends before heading to Christmas Eve service. All dressed up and reading books to each other. |
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| We opened one gift on Christmas Eve |
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| Their own Yutatas! They decided to wear them to bed that night. |
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| Cookies... |
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| Carrots... |
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| And milk for Santa and his reindeer. |
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| The real story of Christmas for bedtime. Jesus is born! |
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| E helping me wrap gifts after the kids are in bed |
Christmas Morning
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| The boys opening their stockings...and candy sword fight. |
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| A few joint gifts this year |
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| First year we didn't have to wake Lincoln up for Christmas morning. |
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| Hayden is always the first one up |
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| About an hour after they finished opening gifts from under the tree we surprised them with one more big gift. |
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| The boys were so happy for Ipad mini's from Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Papu, Grammy, & Pops. With all our travels they were definitely due for their own devices. |
Winter Illumination at Ashikaga Flower Park
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| We visited Ashikaga Flower Park to see the lights with the Striders running group families. |
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| We miss driving around to see Christmas lights so this is the next best thing in Japan. |
Merry Christmas from the Vaillants!
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| Christmas Card 2017 |
1 comment:
Great blog, as always, Ang! Love the pictures! I am glad it’s “late” bc it gives me more time to enjoy your precious memories!!
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