It was so great to be back in the states for the holidays! To me, there is no better season than the crisp feeling of fall and start of winter! I love it! It is so theraputic for me! We truly had a wonderful time basking in the glow of Christmas. Some of our favorite things were seeing nativity scenes celebrating our Saviors birth everywhere instead of tall stone idols. We especially loved shopping for trees without Buddha's on the top! So fun!! We listened to holiday music, and just revelled in our thankfulness at how much we were glad to be home in our own wonderful house and in the Land of the Lord on His birthday!
Brent and I felt like elves getting to shop and pick out the perfect presents for our kids. Brent and I even went on a DATE!!!! (and after that several dates!!!) We decided that we would eventually have to come back home because those kids really grow on us, and it is probably illegal to let 16 year old girls parent your kids forever, but MAN it was awesome to get out, hold hands, have coffee, reconnect, reconnect some more, and just be together and thankful for each other. We always have fun together, especially in India, but there is nothing like an official date, and have your favorite person in the whole world all to yourself and know your kids are having the time of their life with fun sitters! Ahhh. Bliss. Where was I?
Oh yes, Christmas!! Anyway, we lived up and enjoyed everything with a new fervur. On Christmas Eve, we had the pleasure of Brent's parents coming up (Rod & Bonnie) to spend the holiday with us : ) The kids were so excited to have them here!
(Rod on Audrey's bike! So funny!) We had gone shopping before they came and found the perfect "texas" snowmen stocking holders for them that matched ours to join in our craziness. 
(Rod on Audrey's bike! So funny!) We had gone shopping before they came and found the perfect "texas" snowmen stocking holders for them that matched ours to join in our craziness. 
We stayed up late Christmas eve getting all the fun stuff ready for Christmas morning. We had the traditional sticky buns and egg gravy with toast and sausage! The kids woke up later than usual because they had been up so late the night before, but when they did get up, there was lot's of screaming ; ) Christmas was awesome! 
We opened stockings first (another Wells tradition) and then had breakfast! The boys main present was a train table with a train set and large stuffed animals to lay on for movie time or reading.
The girls big present was a digital camera for Audrey, and for Korrin a dress-up outfit complete with 
wig and dress.
The girls big present was a digital camera for Audrey, and for Korrin a dress-up outfit complete with 
wig and dress. Both of them got the stuffed movie animals too.
The kids got all sorts of goodies from Grammie and Papa too(including Brent and I ) so we all enjoyed the time together to the fullest. We were so blessed!!! The next day, the whole family went to a huge indoor family game park and the boys (Colin, Brent, and Rod) raced each other in race cars, and the then the girls raced each other(Audrey & Korrin)! We found out that day that my Mom was doing very poorly and decided we needed to leave for Little Rock immediately. We left as soon as we got home from the game park, but truly had a wonderful Christmas and felt so thankful and blessed. 
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