I had the boys tell me their Top Ten Things They Loved About Christmas Break. Here they are in no particular order:
Drew:
- Hanging out with cousins in McPherson Christmas afternoon
- Hanging out with his grandparents
- Hanging out with Beth and Jason
- The College Basketball Experience in KC
- Sharing a room with cousins (no adults) in KC
- New Sonic video game
- New Rock Bank II game
- Time off and relaxing
- His New Year's Eve Party with the juniors in youth group
- His new iPod
Dean:
- Spending time with grandparents
- Spending time as a family
- Being spoiled rotten
- Going with the cousins, aunt, uncle and grandparents to KC
- The new Wii
- Rock Band II
- Watching "The Office" for 4 1/2 hours with cousins on Christmas afternoon
- Spending New Years with his band
- Going to the gym and shooting baskets
- Movie Day at Coach Woodward's house with the team
- Number 11: New room since it happened after the first time I asked
Grant:
- The College Basketball Experience in KC
- Spending the night New Year's Eve at Daniel's
- Being with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
- Ice skating
- Changing rooms (having Micah move in - I know, can you believe it?)
- Being at home and not at school
- Relaxing
- Christmas food
- Presents - getting them
- Presents - enjoying them
Micah:
- The trains at the Tozier's and at Union Station
- Having my brothers around
- Lightning McQueen
- No ball games
- Santa Claus
- Presents
- Playing Wii - especially bowling, punching (boxing) and drums
- Going swimming
- Going ice skating
- My new room (moving in with Grant)
Now Mine:
- Having everyone home
- Watching the boys open gifts Christmas Eve and morning
- Being with family
- The music
- Watching the boys do snow angels by the pool in KC then jump in the pool
- Ice Skating at Crown Center and actually being warm doing it
- Sleeping in
- Christmas movies on Hallmark which I could DVR and watch after Christmas
- A lit Christmas tree next to a roaring fire
- The reminders of just how blessed we are.
Now your turn, what's your top ten?
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OK, I finally got my act together for my Christmas time favorites:
#1-5 Going to KC with the family and having so much fun watching the boys have fun (but missing the Myers)
6. Being with extended family on Christmas Day (but missing the Myers)
7. Going to the boys' Christmas and/or Winter Concerts.
8. Looking at the THREE new photo albums - all of them my favorite.
9. Our GPS. I already couldn't have been without it.
10. The marvelous, wonderful, gracious, merciful, loving Blessing of God
Here are the Trease Families Memories in no particular order:
1. Swimming in the snow!
2. Lots of good food (spoken by Reed as he eats his gluten free rice tortilla).
3. Molly becoming an indoor dog. (Darn that book, Marley and Me!)
4. Ice skating!!!
5. The Dialogue in the Dark experience. (Except for Reed)
6. Playing Family Fued at Grandma and Grandpa Treases.
7. College b-ball experience--Ben
WWI Museum-Jake and Reed
8. Christmas morning at home.
9. A long break where we got to spend a lot of concentrated time with all of our family.
10. Making sugar cookies (with mom and the girlfriends...hmmmmm)
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