Great Christmas of ’09

Posted on December 28th, 2009 by Jean

Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Ours was magical as we were visited by not only Santa Claus but also the Tooth Fairy. I’d love to have been a fly on the wall when those two met up in our home. I asked the kids to write a story or draw pictures of that event, but neither of them went for it.

We took a ton of pictures and video which I condensed to 2 minutes and 10 seconds. I have to give huge kudos to iLife software. MAC makes it so easy to edit, add music, and share. If you know of similar software for the PC, let me know. One of my friends is shopping around for an easy editing program.

Here’s a photo I took Christmas night outside of our bar room. I like how the back yard is reflected in the window, and how you can see straight through and out the window on the opposite side of the room. So much to take in all at once.

• How was your Christmas?

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31 Responses to "Great Christmas of ’09"

  1. Jean, that was such a great video to watch. There’s nothing better than the Holidays and seeing the magic and joy in a child’s eyes.

    Thanks for sharing :)) Happy New Year

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Happy New Year, Sherri!
    Thanks! The kids were so joyful! I love the ages they are at.

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  2. Wow! What a nice video you put together with all of the highlights.
    Glad you had a great Christmas! We did as well.

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you Tammy! I’m so glad your Christmas was also great.
    On to the New Year!

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  3. Great video and I love the picture you took! That is soo cool! My youngest daughter lost her 1st molar the day after Christmas. She kept trying to pull it out Christmas Eve but I told her Santa and the Toothfairy don’t work on the same night! 🙂

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you Just a Mom!
    Her Molar?! Wow, that’s a big one!
    You’re right – Toothfairy needs a night off. Glad your daughter wasn’t able to extract her tooth on the Eve. LOL!

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  4. What an awesome video Jean! Thanks for sharing some of your Christmas with all of us. You have an AWESOME family and I’m glad to see you all had a nice Christmas.

    Happy New Year!!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you Gary! It was my pleasure to share this video with my friends.
    Happy New Year to you too!

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  5. What a great video and look into your “real” life. I loved the happiness of the girls. Christmas really is a magical time for kids and you captured it really well. Thanks for giving us the glimpse into your life.

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you so much, Joy! And thank you for coming by to visit. I’m on my way to your blog now. 🙂 Happy Holidays!

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  6. thanks Jean for the lovely peek into your family life and something so personal… 🙂 so heartwarming to see the kids happy and beautiful and your hubby bonding with them. God Bless.

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you for your kind words, SweetieGirlz.

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  7. I MISS THESE DAYS, ALL MY KIDS HAVE GROWN UP AND I AM AWAITING GRAND KIDS SO I CAN HAVE FUN AT CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN!
    CHRISTMAS IS BORING WITHOUT LITTLE ONES TO SHARE IT WITH! NICE VIDEO!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you! I hope you don’t have to wait too long for grandkids. 😀 Thanks for swinging by my blog, purple hatter! Your blogs are VERY entertaining!

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    PURPLE HATTER Reply:

    THANKS FOR ADDING ME TO YOUR BLOGROLL!

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  8. Wonderful that’s all I can say……You did a great job with the video I could feel all of the excitment in the room…..Thanks for sharing you precious moments with us…also the pic of the Christmas nite with the refelections of the bar room was great!!!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you so much, Terri! I’m on my way to visit your blog. 😀

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  9. that video is so special and it was special for you to share it with us. thse denitely are “the good ol’ days” and now you have this video to remember it forever! beautiful girls, beautiful family jean.

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you so much Lynn! I hope I can make videos like this each Christmas to keep & share the memories.

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  10. You are so lucky to have the girls and their excitement in your life…of course, your excitement is great too!

    Happy New Year!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    {{Deb}}! So good to see you. Thank you so much for the compliments. Happy 2010 to you & Dave.

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  11. Happy 2010!
    Be back soon to catch up on all the fun you have been having!
    🙂

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thanks, Doraz! It’s good to see you have returned from the mountain.
    I won’t start having fun without ya! 🙂

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  12. Oh, I just love the video and the photo. It is sooo refreshing to see that beautiful people are having beautiful moments in life! May 2010 continue to bring you all the love and laughter you deserve! 🙂 Have a fun week!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you, Doraz, for the compliments and well wishes!
    You have a fun week too!
    I’m headed over to your blog asap. See you there!

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  13. Awe, nothing better than seeing happy children!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you Girl from the Ghetto!
    I hope my email msg. to you yesterday wasn’t too dry.

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  14. Beautiful bar area. When is cocktail hour?

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Let’s say 4pm for cocktails, S. Gotta pick up the kiddos @ 3.

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  15. Children, Christmas…awesome!

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    Jean Has Been Shopping Reply:

    Thank you, Jaymie!
    I’m on my way to visit your blog now.

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