On Friday, Jen and Arturo had brunch with us around 9:30. I made a breakfast casserole as close to the one Gloria would make as I could. I think it was pretty close. We enjoyed fellowshipping together.
We headed over to Gloria’s condo to FaceTime with Jason’s family in Minnesota around 11am. It would probably be our last Christmas in the condo, so we thought that would be a good spot to celebrate. We had done some Facetime Christmases before, so it didn’t feel as strange as it could have. It was good to see them and catch up.
We hustled home because some of the Brickers were heading to our house to hang out for a while around 1:30. David, Marianne, and Erin, Mark, Greg, Maggie, Elena, and Nora were all able to come. Most of them hadn’t been to our house or seen the remodel. It was nice to share our home with them. After playing/talking for a while, Ellie helped wrangle people to do a Gingerbread treehouse competition with the kits that Maggie had brought along. It was a fun competition, but I don’t think there was a determined winner.
Team 1
Team 2
With the rain that was falling came a rainbow. While snow is always better – especially in the winter, this was a pretty moment in the gloom.
After everyone left, we took off to go watch Paxon play basketball. It was a fun game, but delayed due to a leaky roof. So, we got home pretty late!
The next evening, we took Jen and Arturo out to try out Wild Fox, a new café in Kidron as a Christmas gift. It was pretty tasty and has a fun vibe to it. It was the last night they were going to be in town. We had gotten used to having Jennifer in town to join us for various outings and supper times. It will feel a little empty without her (and later, Arturo) around.
And a random cute picture of Ellie and Pepper… because why not!
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