{"id":3194,"date":"2009-12-24T21:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T04:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2009-12-25T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T17:01:08","slug":"christmas-eve-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we prepared our home for tomorrow&#8217;s guests.\u00c2\u00a0 After all that work we invited the grandparents to join us for our Advent celebration and dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 Eric wrote a beautiful advent celebration with some of our favorite songs a few years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great time!\u00c2\u00a0 For dinner, we had split pea soup in bread bowls &#8211; yum!!<\/p>\n<p>After dinner, the kids got to open gifts from Gma &amp; Gpa Osborn &#8211; jeans and t shirts (they are getting old enough to appreciate clothes!) for the boys and boots and tights for Sissy.\u00c2\u00a0 And, Eric got a couple of pewter goblets that he has been admiring for awhile! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Then after our <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">computer<\/span> (oops &#8211; make that &#8220;company&#8221; &#8211; it was late, I was tired) left we brought out the Wii!! They knew it was coming but we were all still really anticipating it!\u00c2\u00a0 We all created Miis and then Eric kicked my butt at bowling, the boys played baseball, boxed and now are playing golf! :)\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow they will get three more games but for now they are really enjoying these simpler games!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m so glad we made this investment! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Christmas day the Osborn&#8217;s are coming for dinner and then the day after Christmas we are traveling to my Sister&#8217;s house for our Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0 My cousin, Cindy and her daughter Amber are coming up to join us!\u00c2\u00a0 Looking forward to seeing them again!<\/p>\n<p>Gotta go and see if I can get a turn! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3194&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Christmas%20Eve%202009\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194\" data-text=\"Christmas Eve 2009\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Christmas Eve 2009\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3194\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Christmas%20Eve%202009&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3194&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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