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Last Updated:
Dec 27, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FRIEDMAN'S!

Merry Christmas to everyone! I pray that your holidays are as blessed as our's. This Christmas season continued with Clark's Christmas concert on Monday. I'd like to say he rocked the show, but he was a little shy and did provide some good comic relief. He is the newest (about a month) and the youngest kid in his class. So he was very nervous and started each song standing in line and then slowly moved toward the teacher. Video's below for your enjoyment.

At the same time we welcomed our good friend's Tom and Steph, plus their five kids. It was a big sleepover, as the girls were with us too. All the kids had a great time and it was so great to see them again. Thank you again for added an extra seven hours to your drive so that we could be together.

On Tuesday, Grandma Teresa and Maria came to town to celebrate Christmas. After going out for dinner we came back and had a great night opening presents. Grandma T made elf slippers for all of us...they work awesome on the wood floors! The boys got Bears t-shirts and Emily received some wonderful "domestic" gifts to continue her "domestic nurturing". ALL Grandma T's idea! Not my fault! But very funny! :)

Thursday night Emily and I attended the Academy Christmas Dinner. A nice opportunity to dress up and be adults. It was a lot of fun. Amy did an amazing job getting it going again this year. Thank you, Amy!

From there we had a couple days to get the last minute things for Christmas. Christmas Eve, we all got dressed up in new clothes thanks to Mom (GREAT JOB!) and made it to Mass with all the Friedman's. From there it was to Grandma Doreen's for the traditional Christmas dinner (Swiss Steak, which she has made since 1969!), we all managed to somehow fit into Mom's basement. After dinner, we cleaned up and opened presents. The kids an amazing time! So much generosity!

Then is was home to put out reindeer food and wait for Santa. Clark thankfully let us sleep in until 8:15, and he got up all the kids and we opened presents. Mom, Dad and Santa did great! As always, Santa stole the show, but I guess that's the jolly ole' elf's job! :)

After playing with our presents for awhile, it was off to Jeanne's for brunch, followed by naps and we rounded out the night with a few drink with the adults at the bar...a growing family tradition. It truly was a very blessed Christmas!

As I look back on 2011, I cannot help but be thankful for all the miracles God has given me this year. I am so lucky to have two of the nicest, and most handsome boys in the world. Then to be honored with bringing Emily, Grace and Maggie into our lives. God's plan has surely been a gift. I cannot wait to see what He has in store for us in 2012! :)

We pray your Christmas season is a blessed as our's and wish you a very Happy New Year!

And last, but certainly not least, I surprised Emily with a trip to Costa Rica! I had it planned for several months after finding an amazing deal online so we decided to take an adult only trip where we could spend some time with just us. We left the Sunday after Thanksgiving and spent three full days in retreat. The first day was our adventure day. I signed us up for ziplining, rappeling, horseback riding, tubing and finally a hot springs adventure. The ziplining was awesome! We started splitting the lush canopy rain forests and then work our way into an amazing water canyon where we rappelled off a bridge down to a tarzan swing, followed by rock climbing up to the next platform for more ziplining. From there, it was onto our mounts where we walked through the trails down to where we shed our riding clothes for swim suits and grabbed our inner tubes to hit the rapids...which we hit...and a few of them hurt! Definitely more aggressive than I was expecting, but a lot of fun. Afterward it was lunch and then relaxing in a mud bath and hot springs. A great day. Days two and three we just took it easy by the beach and pool and watched the sunset with a few cocktails. On Tuesday night, we went out for a nice dinner out. Emily looked drop dead gorgeous! We headed out for a nice romantic dinner on the beach - literally! At one point the waves crashed and went under our table and about ten feet behind us! After moving our table, we enjoyed an amazing meal that needed to be cut short unfortunately due to an allergic reaction to dairy by Emily. No matter, we hightailed it back to the hotel for medicine and all was good. We enjoyed a drink at the bar as fireworks began going off down on the beach. And finally went down on the beach to watch the moonset. As the moon disappeared into the ocean, I got down on one knee and asked Emily to marry me! :) She was totally shocked, but thankfully said yes!!!!! She had no idea! Perfect! We are planning a smaller wedding with close family and friends next year.

I am so blessed that God saw fit to not only bring one wonderful women into my life, but a second...and with her, two amazing daughters that the boys already consider sisters. This holiday season brings so much joy and love into our lives, that we pray you find the same peace and love in your lives as we celebrate another Christmas together!

Love to all, and a very blessed Christmas,

Jon, Emily & The Kids

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