It was a lot of fun to have my parents in town for Christmas. They were so nice to drive up to Seattle. We saw Jeff and Sarah briefly and we’ll find some time to visit them in Anacortes we hope.

On Christmas Day we talked to Jason on the phone. My mom took pages of notes. 🙂 He was fun to talk to.

Chad and I made out like bandits. This is the best Christmas ever. Elisa and I got some trees from her family. We’re going to plant them now so that they will have time to grow big and look good by the time we get back. And I got a chop saw to play with. We got really good toys all around. Elisa and I got a new camera that we already have a bunch of fun with. Chad was able to surprise me and get us our wedding album. I got a little mini-version until the real one comes and can’t quit looking at it. Elisa also got the set of Harry Potter books–which she thought was going to be the album. When she opened it up and there was no album, she tried to look happy and say that they were just the books that she wanted. I was going to leave the album until last but I couldn’t bear to see her so disappointed and trying to have fun. Hopefully every time I see that look in her eyes I always have the right present still in store. 🙂

I also got a bow tie that I wore to church today. Since Elisa and I are almost ready to move away, Elisa got released from being Primary chorister today. When they told the kids, Terrence, said, “Who’s Sister Parry?” Elisa said it was her and he said, “Oh, man!”

My big news is that I’m broken. Elisa isn’t 23 anymore. She has been feeling sick the last couple weeks, and to some extent for the last couple months. We finally got her to a doctor and hopefully soon they’ll tell us what to do so she doesn’t get headaches and a sick stomach. But meanwhile they just told me all the things that would be the worst case scenario. So now I’m more worked up than before.

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