I think one of the best Christmas surprises we had this year, was the unexpected, unplanned, and UN-BELIEVEABLE Christmas that we got to spend with almost the entire Oosterhous family. About two weeks before Christmas, Great Grandpa Oosterhous passed away. Although, it wasn't entirely unexpected it was still a huge loss to the family. Since his passing I've heard many great G.D.O. stories and his legacy will live on in his children, grand-kids and great grand-kids! As a result of his passing we all decided to gather here the weekend before Christmas to be together and celebrate! Grandma and Grandpa made it, as did Uncle Dan; Julie, Jim, Grae and Emmerson; and George, Alex and Meaghan! We had a blast hanging out, visiting, eating and playing outside. We exchanged gifts and and had an early Christmas dinner and just had a blast being together! Makes me soooooo ready for the Fourth of July! The boys were pretty excited about their Air Force Academy gear and of course they loved the gifts they got from grandma and grandpa! Nate got a Nike T-shirt and Uno Attack game; Zachy got the Ninjago DSI game and a Crayola Draw Board; and Ben Ben got a Crayola Draw Board and a remote control car!
MILLS CELEBRATION:
The night before Christmas Eve day, we packed up and headed to Arkadelpia to do more celebrating with the Mills crew! Once Rich, Jen, Molly and Matt arrived the PAR-TAY began! We spent a lot of time playing outside and just spending time together. Of course once everyone arrived, the kiddos wanted to open gifts! But, like always, they had to wait until the next morning! We finally got all of the munchkins to bed and then the next morning we all woke up and had our Mills Christmas Eve Morning, Family Christmas! The kiddos had a blast opening all of their gifts and even more fun playing with all of the new things they got for Christmas... batman toys, clothes, shoes, over-the-door basketball goal and much more! After the kiddos were busy with all of their new loot the adults sat around and opened their gifts! It was another wonderful Christmas celebration. The remainder of the day was spent playing with toys, hanging out and eating good food, including our Christmas dinner! We finished our time together in church at the First Baptist Church Christmas Eve Service.... the perfect place to refocus and be thankful for God's most precious gift!
Then it was back to Glenwood to get ready for Santa's arrival!!
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