Christmas Day!!

On Christmas morning Ana walked right by the living room to get to our room and had NO idea that Santa had come! She got into bed with us to cuddle...and I hear Marc saying, "Ana, do you know what today is"...and she said, "NO" and he said, "Christmas morning and do you know what that means"...and I pounced on both of them and said, "It's time to open presents!!!" They both laughed and we got up! (They didn't know I had been awake for a while! It still kills me to have to wait and I still get so excited on Christmas morning!) Kitties first! They had already gotten into their gifts...smart kitties! :)

Ana's pom poms were in the tree and that was the first thing she saw!

Her own keys! Now maybe she will stop playing with mine!!!

Bird nose...need I say more?

Ana's big gift was her tool bench! She loves to hammer! Her daddy showed her how to use the power drill to drill in all those screws, when she finished she just looked at me with this face...like "now what?" cute! I don't know who likes this gift more...Ana or her daddy!!

Marc SO surprised about what happens when you play with the jack in the box!

My sister found this antique Matruska doll...Made in the USSR! Crazy cool!

Marc's brother and sister in law (who live in Ohio) got us gift certificates to our favorite HOLE IN THE WALL Mexican restaurant in SAN ANTONIO...I didn't even know they had gift certificates!! Amazing!

We all got noses...I forgot to put mine on my nose! :) But I'm sure that previous bird pic. is still giving you a great visual to last you a lifetime! HA!

After Christmas morning we had breakfast and Ana went down for her nap. While she napped we started on dinner. We invited 4 guys over for Christmas dinner who's families are not here with them. Fester offered to make the turkey and I was thrilled (I don't think our Korean oven can even fit a turkey or a ham) That bird was DELICIOUS! Thanks again!

We watched "A Christmas Story" and worked on a puzzle that Marc and I will be working on for weeks to come! These two lucky guys get to go home in less than a month for good! But we will be seeing Mike shortly in San Antonio!! It was a wonderful Christmas in Korea!! :)

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve! Our church had a children's Christmas play and it was priceless...yep, Ana was an angel. We had a couple of "angel practices" and she was making me nervous...but she did great for the actual play! You never know what she is going to do, but when she put on her costume she was truly angelic!

Gerad, Grace, and Ana before the play started!

SO PROUD of our Littlest Angel!

We went home and did our Advent Wreath! We have a wonderful book that is very interactive for the entire family. Every night during advent we do a scripture reading, singing, discussion, nativity building, and a prayer. We ALL love our advent time before bed! It's just a fun way to keep the focus on Jesus!

Ana loves the songs and the nativity building...

We also opened our Christmas jammies! This year was a "Santa Hat" theme...Ana's was monkeys (of course) with Santa hats, mine had penguins, and Marc's was just Santa hats! Being that this is our second Christmas with Ana she still isn't fulling understanding the whole Santa deal so I was cuddling with Ana before bed and was explaining that Santa was coming to put presents in her stocking tonight because Jesus was born and we give presents to celebrate Jesus's birth.... and she sat straight up in her bed and said, "No Santa in my house Mommy!"

Christmas Angel

Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders!

I know what I want to be when I grow up now...A DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADER!!! Just joking...but today they were here and we went to see them. They do USO tours and every year they spend Christmas in KOREA! They had a neat tribute to our soldiers and I don't know if it is me being from TX or just me being sappy...but America's Sweethearts here honoring our American Hero's was AWESOME! We went to the BX for lunch and the cheerleaders were there having lunch as well before their performance. This cheerleader, Megan Fox, was LOVING Ana. She has been here 3 Christmas's in a row now! We got to talk with a couple of the cheerleaders and they were all very nice and down to earth! Good ole TX girls!

During their show they called up 3 guys from the audience (Marc was NOT one of them this time...bummer) and told them...whatever happens to them they weren't allowed to move. FUNNY! The boas were classic!

They had many outfit changes throughout the show, but nothing compares to the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader outfit! Yeehaw! Thanks for being here!

AOC Christmas Party

The AOC (Air Operations Center) Party was at the Bowling Alley and it was a good ole time! Considering the bowling alley is one of our favorite forms of entertainment here, Ana just makes herself at home and shows ya how it is done!

Ana Sandwich!

My friends, Laurie and Kathee...

Ana made sugar cookies...got her face painted...made an ornament AND...

Took a picture with Santa...FINALLY. Earlier in the month Santa was at the BX and she WOULDN'T take a picture...we even said we'd stand with her then too. Glad she finally warmed up to him!

Gingerbread House

My Uncle Tommy and Aunt Judi sent us a Gingerbread House Kit! SO fun...more for me and Marc (at this stage)! We are learning that Ana doesn't have much of an "artist/crafty" side...she was done after one side. She is ALL about eating the candy and by the end of the project she was SPUN UP!

Ana helped me with her name...and Marc added the wood pile...for the chimney he created... OF COURSE! :)

Little lopsided, Marc keeps calling it our "condemned" house...but I love it!

7th Air Force Christmas Party

The 7th Air Force is the headquarters for all of the Air Force units in Korea. The division that Marc works for falls under the 7th AF. We had a sit down dinner, a 12 Days of Christmas skit, and sung Christmas carols! There were a lot of Korean special guests and honorees there that night and you know the song....Deck of Halls? Remember that classic scene in the movie A Christmas Story when they go to a Chinese restaurant for dinner and they try to sing Deck the Halls? OH MY GOODNESS...it's true...Fa RA RA RA RA....RA RA RA RA!

These are the boys that we hang around with. :) Fataki, Fester, and Tinman...good group.


These are the spouses of the AOC (Air Operations Center)...Marc's group. Laurie, Kia, Me, Angie, and Laura....sweetest ladies ever! We really do have a great group of friends here!

Part of the evening festivities was a "skit" of the 12 Days of Christmas. The different divisions of the 7th AF each had a part! Marc's part (Combat Plans Division) had the 5 golden rings! SOOO they spray painted hoola hoops gold and every round of the song they performed a different act with the hoops! Priceless!

BUT nothing is as priceless as the 3 star General running around as THE PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE!

We had a great evening!