a magical Christmas to remember! :) We hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas :)

A WONDERFUL MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER! :) My family and i hope you, and your family's, enjoyed a very special, and beautiful Christmas holiday. :) We are thinking of you all, and sending lots and lots of love, and warm cozy friendship hugs, from our home to yours. :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for making our Christmas holiday very special, and for all of the Christmas joy, spirit, peace, and happiness you all bring us. :) We enjoyed a wonderfully special, and heart-felt time, celebrating with you and your family's :) We have so many beautiful memories from Christmas holiday, that we will forever cherish and treasure in our hearts. :) From waking up to a Winter Wonderland, to the sweet joys of special moments of spending quality time with family and friends. :) it was a Christmas holiday, that warmed our hearts, and touched our hearts in many wonderful ways. :) Thank you for celebrating with us, and for sharing your Christmas with us. :) as we reflect back upon a beautiful Christmas holiday, we also have so much more to look forward too sharing, expriencing, and celebrating together, as we begin a countdown to the new year, 2013 is on it's way. :) Season's Greetings, and Happy Holidays. :) We love you, and we are so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives, and to celebrate very special times with you and your family's :) Christmas 2012, a Christmas of Magical Excitement, wholesome heart warming joys, and peaceful blessings, to always cherish in our hearts. :)
Christmas holiday, was incredible! :) my family and i enjoyed a very special time, celebrating Christmas with you all. :) all throughout the day, we were thinking of you all, enjoying your wonderfully heart-felt Merry Christmas wishes, hearing about your Christmas holidays, and all of the special joys, of being in the moments of a very wonderful Christmas day. :) As we were gathered with our loved ones yesterday, we were with eachother in spirit. :) we felt your loving warm spirits with us, and we were with you and your family's in spirit. :) Thank you for makng our Christmas holiday very special. :)
my family and i love hearing about your Christmas holiday's, all of the special times you and your family's spent together, festivities, and traditions, of a beautiful holiday, and sharing ours with you all. :) the day after Christmas today, and the spirit of Christmas continuing to glow within our hearts, like a bright Christmas tree lit wonderfully. :) it was a very special day yesterday, and today, sitting back, taking some time to reflect, feeling cozy warm feelings within my heart, and so happy, and excited, about all of the very special memories made, to cherish and treasure. :) A Christmas to remember! :) yesterday, it was a magical joy, to wake up, to the peaceful snowfall. :) A Winter Wonderland, on Christmas day! :) A White Christmas! :) we were so amazed, and so excited to see the snow. :) i couldn't wait for the sun to rise up so i could go outside to take some pictures of the snowfall to share with everyone. :) in recent years, and for as long as i can remember, it would snow before Christmas, or after Christmas, but to have it snow on late Christmas Eve night into Christmas morning, it was like a dream come true! :) it truly was, like the song says, "i'm dreaming, of a white, Christmas!" :) awww! :) i was looking at the snow yesterday, and was walking in a winter wonderland! :)
It was so neat! :) i was thinking of you all, and wanted to take pictures of this magical experience, of a snowfall on Christmas day! :) i got a huge bowl full of goodies, for our nature animal friends :) i wanted to give them a Christmas meal to remember. :) from bread, crumbled gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, dried corn, and i even crumbled up a piece of cheese pizza for them! :) hehe! :) They sure did have a wonderful feast. :) as i walked amongst the snow yesterday morning, on Christmas day, i was feeling my spirit soaring, and so delightful, the feelings of warmth within my heart. :) i spotted a red cardinal who was visiting, and later during the day, my dad saw 4 red cardinals! :) a family of red cardinals, visiting on Christmas day! :) the goodies we gave our nature animal friends yesterday, was a special gift and treat for them, for Christmas. :)
Kayla, and Taylynn, and the baby's in our family, had a very special Christmas. :) The joy on their faces as they opened up their Christmas presents on Christmas, is a special memory we'll always treasure. :) we enjoyed a wonderful time, throughout the day, opening gifts with family. :) one of my favorite joys, is seeing our Christmas tree lit, the warmth of the home, the christmas cheer in our hearts :) yesterday during late afternoon, my brother Bobby, and his girlfriend Stacy, and their newborn baby Ryan came over to visit! :) we were gathered together in our living room, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. :) my dad, brother, and i were talking about blueshell crabbing, and clamming, and how we plan to go a lot during next summer. :) from Groton, to Barn Island. :) it'll be awesome! :) we gave Bobby, Stacy, and Ryan some nice Christmas gifts, and they brought us some nice Christmas gifts. :) awww! :) They gave my mom and dad some wonderful presents. :) Lisa recieved a nice coffee gift set :) i recieved nice pumpkin spiced coffee, and a cool Christmas chocolates making kit gift set! :) this is so nice, and sweet of them. :) i showed Kayla and Taylynn, and said, "we can make these candies and chocolates during baking friday!" :) awww! :) we visited with Bobby, Stacy, and baby Ryan for a while. :)
Earlier in the day, Kayla, and Taylynn went to visit with Taylynn's dad's parents. :) They had a Christmas celebration at their home. :) During early evening, we all were getting ready to go to have Christmas dinner at my sister Jenn's house. :) there was a crisp winter coolness in the air, Christmas lights all lit around, and we began our journey to Jenn's house. :) we were seeing lots and lots of beautiful Christmas lights. :) We saw the Rose City, Rose light. :) Jenn's and Mike's, and baby Michael's house, is near city hall in our city. :) we arrived at their home, they welcomed us. :) up on their balcony porch, we could see city hall Christmas lights, and off into the distance, the Mohegan Sun hotel! :) the moon and many stars were visible in the sky! :) a cool crisp Christmas night, spirit of Christmas shining bright :) it was amazing sights all around. :) we all gathered into Jenn's home, her's and Mike's friend Zinni was there. :) we all wished eachother a Merry Christmas. :)
The kids were having so much fun playing, they were playing all kinds of games, and baby Michael had his popcorn tin! :) he was eating popcorn, smiling. :) Jenn and Mike were cooking nice turkey dinner, and they also had some nice snacks on the kitchen table. :) Cheese, crackers, almonds, pretzels, spicey mustard, cookies, candies. :) we were snacking a bit, and enjoying a nice talk. :) we all gathered to enjoy the delicious dinner Jenn and Mike cooked. :) There was nice turkey, pecan candy sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn, biscuits bread rolls, it was so delicious! :) a very nice Christmas dinner. :) we thanked Jenn and Mike for cooking. :) Taylynn was having such a big Christmas, she fell asleep at the table! oh my! god bless her heart. :) my niece Alyssa, and Aj helped carry Taylynn into the room so she could sleep for a bit. :) We were at Jenn's and Mike's until a little after 8pm. :) it was such a nice dinner and wonderful time we had visiting. :) we thanked them, and then began our journey to visit my brother Charlie and his girlfriend Barbara. :)
We were looking at the Christmas lights, and arrived at Charlie's and Barbara's home. :) They greeted us. :) they had the "Home alone" Christmas movie on :) we were gathered around. :) we gave Charlie and Barbara gifts, and they had gifts for us. :) they gave me, a Washington Redskins Superbowl 26 Champions t-shirt, a collectible Redskins superbowl pin, and Sunflower seeds! :) wow! :) there's many sunflower seeds, about 1000 seeds, 9 varieties of sunflowers. :) This is sweet!!! :) i said to my brother Charlie and Barbara, "we'll plant these nice Sunflowers in our garden during spring and summer, and you all can see them blossom" :) i also mentioned, about how i'm going to watch my Redskins shirt and pin on sunday, to celebrate the big game the Redskins have. :) it's gonna be awesome! :) Charlie's and Barbara's animal friends were so excited we visited. :) Their cute and adorable little dog named Emma loves us to pet her. :) awww! :) we visited for a while. :) Charlie and Barbara showed us their Christmas tree, and train set. :) it's so nice. :) We visited with Charlie and Barbara for a while, and then made our way home. :) on the way home, we were talking about how wonderful of a day it was. :) A Christmas to remember. :)
Last night, my family and i were winding down on the day. :) i spent some time looking at our Christmas tree, seeing the ornaments, and looking at my Christmas town here in my computer room, my DS Christmas tree, ornaments, gifts, treasures, and was into the moments all day, of sweet peaceful joys, of just taking in the moments, of Christmas happiness, peace, and wonderful blessings, of an amazing, incredible, beautiful, and magical Christmas, with family and friends. :) throughout the day yesterday, i enjoyed exchanging texts with friends, and called friends on the phone. :) Last night, i called our dear, and lovely friends, Holly, Maria (Love4You), and Lori (Keepholdingon) :) it was so nice talking. :) Lori mentioned she recieved many nice movies and dvd sets for Christmas. :) i layed down last night, around 10:30pm, and was thinking about the wonderful Christmas day. :) it was magical, and so very memorable. :) there's many beautiful memories from Christmas holiday, that my family and i will always cherish, and treasure. :)  seeing the winter wonderland, and our Christmas tree in our window, on Christmas morning, is one of the most beautiful sights i've ever seen :)
i thanked my family, and all of you, our dear friends, for all of the wonderful gifts, goodies, and treasures i recieved for Christmas. :) i appreciate each one, and all of your wonderful kindness, and generousity. :) i've been talking with my mom, about how i can't wait to watch my new Batman movies, The Dark Knight. :) i'm going to watch the movies soon. :) all of my nice new clothes, fleece pajama pants, t-shirts, socks, sweat pants, are so nice. :) all of the nice baking supplies, candies, treats, writing supplies, Christmas cards, gifts, decoratives, coffee, and everything, is a special joy, and gift and treasure from my family and friends. :) i cherish, and treasure all i got for Christmas, and i want to thank you all so much. :) i feel extremely blessed, and thankful, to have such wonderful family and friend's, who made my Christmas so special, memorable, and magical, and to also get to enjoy nature winter wonderland on Christmas too, it's a Christmas i'll always remember. :) The beautiful memories from Christmas holiday, will forever glow in our hearts, like Christmas Lights :)
my family and i are resting today, day after Christmas. :) Kayla and Taylynn are having lots of fun, enjoying their Christmas gifts. :) they've been playing monopoly board game, nintendo wii games, watching movies, cartoon's, and enjoying their arts and crafts sets. :) they recieved lots of nice crayons and markers. :) we've been enjoying hearing about everyone's Christmas holidays. :) it's one of our favorite joys, hearing about the nice Christmas holidays everyone had. :) i did a little organizing here in my computer room today, and have had the weather channel on. there's a chance we could recieve some more snow here tomorrow/friday. we are keeping everyone in our thoughts and prayers, who are being impacted by severe weather. we hope and pray, that everyone is ok, and safe, and keeping warm. :) it's expected to be windy here tonight. it's a good day to rest today, after the big Christmas holiday. :) i had some chicken noodle soup today. :) my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all so very  much, for all that you do for us. :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet. :) we deeply appreciate everything, with all of our hearts. :) BIG GROUP HUG :) Wishing everyone continued peaceful joys, and blessings this holiday season. :) We love you all very much. :) there's many more wonderful times to look forward too. :)
my mom says hi. :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good day" :) awww! :) we hope everyone enjoyed a very Merry Christmas, and we hope everyone is enjoying a nice wednesday. :) Thinking of you all, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends. :) we love you all bunches and bunches! :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful gentle moments of the day. :) Wildthing, today i enjoyed a nice nature walk. :) lots of nature animal friends visiting our yard. :) it's the holidays. :) getting ready for new year, 2013. :) You're always in our hearts. :) Thinking of you, our dear friend. :)
Christmas Gifts, Goodies, and Treasures, from my family. :) my family gave me some wonderful Christmas gifts. :) awww! :) this is so nice, and sweet of them. :) we had lots of fun opening up our Christmas gifts. :) i took some pictures today, of my Christmas gifts. :)
my mom and dad gave me, clothes, the dark knight trilogy dvd set, candies, treats, and an amazon.com gift card :)


new fleece pajama pants, and t-shirts :)



my sister Lisa and Kayla gave me, a snowflakes Christmas mug, pumpkin spiced coffee, hot chocolate, and vanilla and hazelnut coffee creamer. :)

my niece Alyssa, her boyfriend Aj, and Taylynn gave me, a rocky road brownies baking kit, and chocolate soda cake baking kit. :)

my brother Charlie and his girlfriend Barbara, gave me a Redskins superbowl 26 champions t-shirt, a collectible Redskins pin, and Sunflower seeds to plant in our garden. :) i remember superbowl 26, i was 11 years old :)

collectible Redskins pin. :) i now have 42 different Redskins pins/buttons in my collection :)



my brother Bobby, his girlfriend Stacy, and baby Ryan gave me, pumpkin spiced coffee, and a Christmas chocolates gift kit. :)

my grandma gave me, sweatpants, and treats. :)


my mom and dad gave this nice Gillette shaving kit :)

fleece blanket from my mom and dad :)

2013 dunkin donuts calendar with 2 coupons featured for each month. :)

Hi angel friends. :) in my journal tomorrow, i'm going to share about some wonderful Christmas treasures my family and i recieved in the mail. :) i want to repost this wonderful scene, from yesterday, Christmas morning. :) our Christmas town glowing, with a winter wonderland all around. :)

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SilentAngel
SilentAngel

Hi Chris & family , what a beautiful day you all shared and thank you for sharing it with us. It brought me such happiness reading your journal , the way you are able to express in words truly captures the moments of your day , helps us to really understand how your day progressed , u made me feel like I was there with you. I\'m so happy for you , but you gave me hope and made me smile just knowing some families can truly come together and experience a magical Christmas . I wasn\'t so lucky we had difficult Christmas Eve that followed until the afternoon Christmas Day but I did try make most of what was left Christmas night . Reading your journals I always feel so uplifted , always say to myself I wish I could meet a family like yours to experience such love for not only life but each other , would be truly special . You have to be the most appreciative , loving and caring family I know. It\'s so nice to read your journals and be able to find a family , a heart , that is not selfish at all. I hope you don\'t mind me commenting here , I was so happy reading what you journaled about your Christmas memories that I really wanted to say thank you for sharing it with us. God bless and sending you all lots of angel hugs xox
CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. Happy to hear you have some great memories and got some great gifts too.It was so nice to have a little snow on Christmas day. I enjoyed seeing your photo of your tree and the snow outside.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Have a good evening. hugs to everyone-Stephanie
ddeadred
ddeadred

Sounds like a wonderful Christmas !!! On my iPhone so this is short... Have a great evening!!! xo Cj
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris! I am so happy you and your family enjoyed such a wonderful Christmas ! :-) Thinking of you and your family and sending Best wishes your way. Thank you so much for all your support and especially for your very special friendship.God Bless you! Love,Maria
ZenEm
ZenEm

A wonderful and merry christmas!! It sounds like you had such a heartwarming and special day :)
It\'s so wonderful that it snowed and you got a magical Christmas wonderland :)
Sending you all love and hugs and cozy festive seasons hugs and smiles.
I came home from my parents\' place today, and my portulaca plants were in full flower, so many different colours, blooming just for my return!! I was so pleased to see them I was worried they might not be very happy missing two days of water, although we had a bit of rain one night.
Love to you all, from all of us xx
Michelletj
Michelletj

I have just caught up with your journals, and it looks like you had a great Christmas! Your tree is beautiful, too! I like the pics of your nieces opening their presents. They have beautiful smiles! I bet you all are sitting around playing with your Christmas loot right now! :) *HUGS*