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Today, Andy heads back to school and so does Nathan. Nathan (the preschool student) is definitely more excited than his teacher Dad, but off they both go. It has been an absolutely marvelous Christmas break for all of us! As a former teacher myself who is married to a teacher, these family breaks together are one of the best perks of the job. Since we are in the midst of a busy basketball season and gearing up for tournament time, we have a lot of long days ahead when we won’t get to see Andy much. It’s just part of the teaching job and he does love coaching! It is one of the reasons we cherish this break together all the more. We didn’t travel over the break this year but stayed home and celebrated with Andy’s family. Andy’s 3 siblings (and their spouses) were all home at his parents new house for Christmas. We got to see them for several days of celebrations and thoroughly enjoyed our time together. The gi*ls and I did have to miss one of the extended family Christmases as Emma suddenly spiked a fever. It turns out Emma had a double ear infection (just like Nathan had when Lily came home from the hospital). We were thankful she wasn’t contagious We enjoyed Christmas Eve evening worship at St. Paul’s for the children’s service. Even though we stayed up late on Christmas Eve, the children were all still up early for presents! Lily decided to start our morning at 4 am so she was ready for a nap before we even opened any presents. They were all so excited that I didn’t get a good picture of the three children together, but I managed to catch We had a nice, quiet Christmas morning in pajamas as our family of 5. The kids loved all their presents and playing with them that morning. It’s so nice to be able to open presents slowly so they can play with one as soon as they open it. That’s what happened a lot. Afterwards, we dressed for Christmas morning church and headed to Andy’s parents house where we spent the rest of Christmas Day. The