We survived Christmas. What an exhausting day that can be. But it was fun. Juma enjoyed opening presents and being completely surprised to see a brand new bunk bed in his room. His favorite new toy is a Buzz Lightyear with buttons that work (read: make way too much noise) and a "real" laser.
This morning he woke up and said, "I had two dreams. One was about bowling [we keep up the Beal/Beckham tradition of going bowling on Christmas day]. The other was about Buzz. All, all, all my toys were Buzz Lightyear. That was cool."
It was strange to be away from family on Christmas. When I called my family, and my mom said that Ethan and Anna (my brother Randall's children) were coming over later, I felt a pang of sadness, and thought, "I want to come over later." But I will come over on Friday!
Luckily, we have some good friends here, the same family that invited us over for Thanksgiving. We went to church with them to see their kids in their nativity pageant, and then they had us over for Christmas Eve dinner. Then they took mercy on our bowling tradition and came out with is, and we went over to their house afterwards. So we almost had family. Christmas, like Thanksgiving, is one of those holidays better celebrated in groups.
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