Christmas Day 2020

The kids were kind to us and didn’t get up too early. I love the excitement though! Probably my favorite moments are when they exchange gifts with each other. Copper described his gift to me before I opened it. Bottom shampoo! 🤣 It was hilarious! I loved gifting Chris his Wee Box! It’s a subscription to a monthly box of goodies from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I ordered early so I was able to wrap up the first one. It had a beenie cap, a clock with a thistle to ring in the new year, a 2021 calendar with pictures giving clues to what that month’s box has as a theme, shortbread for First Footing, and a sign that says Lang may yer lum reek, which literally means, “Long may your chimney smoke.” The best way to wish someone a long and healthy life.

That afternoon we went to Michelle and Dennis’s house and had Christmas lunch and gift exchange with their family, Grandma Wilson, Nana, and Aunt Casey. It was the first time we were all together inside  since maybe last New Years. It was good for our souls! We played games and kids played hard!

the gathering place

We took our first trip to The Gathering Place while in Tulsa. It’s this new gigantic park on the river. We spent a couple hours and really enjoyed it. It’s beautiful, and has so many spaces to play. You really can’t do it all in one trip. Chris and Casey took the big three, while I followed Copper around. He loved playing, but didn’t like the sand at all! He loved going barefoot on the padded stuff though. The Christmas lights made it even more beautiful. We can’t wait go back!