A Strange Christmas

20.12.2011 Family1 Comment

A Strange Christmas

This year things are a bit different for us. We are preparing to move out of our apartment and even more than that we are preparing to move back to Canada. Its been a true emotional roller coaster for us and we decided that this year we would celebrate a little differently than a typical traditional Christmas… since we just don’t feel “normal” this year. We sold our Christmas tree and all of our decorations, except for a few special ones we kept.

This year we are taking off to the beach! Yep! Tomorrow we are headed to a nice little rental house on the beach and we are going to take a few needed days of solitude! (Thanks to a sweet Christmas gift donation and wonderfully low Senegalese prices!!) We are so so so excited. We are so ready for a bit of a breather and for things to slow down for a couple of days.

This year we will be:

-Reading about Jesus’ birth
-Decorating shortbread Christmas cookies
-Opening presents that our families sent us in the mail
-Introducing the boys to the classic “Little Drummer Boy” claymation movie.
-Watching movies
-Playing on the beach, swimming in the pool
-Flying kites
-Listening to Christmas music
-Reading books
-Drinking yummy homemade peppermint hot chocolates and peppermint mochas!

We are pretty excited about taking it easy this year. We have had a long few months and have been super busy and really worn out. So this is the best Christmas present we could get! TIME AWAY! =)

Here are a few photos of our Christmas celebrations so far:

Our fake, fake Christmas tree!

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas, whether it be a busy crazy one or a calm relaxed one! Enjoy and PLEASE do not forget Jesus is the reason for the season. Without Him we are lost and nothing!

On this day..

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