We have had a beautiful Christmas Day (Troy may have even mentioned that it's been one of the best). Drey and Enzo are at such fun ages for Christmas. We tried to keep everything as traditional to home as possible. Skype calls allowed us to see and spend time with our loved ones, which made our morning all the better and allowed us to see a bit of the celebrations back home. What Christmas day represents for us is a love for family, friends, and of course our Savior Jesus Christ. Even though we are celebrating in a foreign, non-christian country, on the other side of the world, we accomplished a feeling of love today and that felt good.
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| It's a miracle! Santa found us in Vietnam. |
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| Drey wasted no time and started by opening the largest gifts first...the bigger the better right? |
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| Enzo loved Gymbo. Thanks to Drey's Gymboree classes for teaching him to love clowns :) |
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| Thank you Nana. xoxoxo |
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| One very happy boy |
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| Getting down to work....task at hand: to see how many tractors, trucks, and tools he can play with at once. |
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Not even living in Vietnam will stop me from making this bread....us Wellings are serious about our traditional Christmas morning Monkey Bread.
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And then...AND THEN we really indulged and went to brunch at the Sheraton Hotel with our friends Betsye and Johnny Park. Words can't describe how amazing and delicious this brunch was (hence Troy's best Christmas ever comment). For a small fortune and maybe a few extra months of working in Vietnam, we were able to enjoy a ridiculous amount of great food. We arrived right on time at 11:30am and shut the buffet down at 3:00pm. It was a glorious experience.
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| A very small portion of the desserts. Imagine chocolate fondue, ice cream /gelato, cookies, cakes, custards... |
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| Salmon, sushi, scallops, fresh or grilled whatever your hearts desire... |
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| turkey, ham, prime rib, yorkshire pudding....(YORKSHIRE PUDDING, a first and WOW my absolute favorite) |
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| The entertainment, Santa (handing out wrapped KitKat bars) and his helpers singing Christmas carols. We loved it! |
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| How to entertain a 1, 2, and 3 year old for 3 hours? stickers and an I-Pad. |
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| Betsye giving Drey moral support with Santa Claus |
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| Enzo couldn't handle any more excitement....the food comma set in and he was the first man down. |
OH, that is great! I'm glad you had some tradition and some fun time with good friends and good food!! It was fun to talk to all of you for a minute or two and I LOVE those cute boys!! (you too, Troy). We need to call you more often. Sorry we are slackers. WE love you all though!!!
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