{"id":1820,"date":"2014-12-26T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/christmas-traditions-continuewi\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:02:03","slug":"christmas-traditions-continuewi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Traditions Continue…..With Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What precious joys and delights I’ve had with my sweet kids here in Washington! <\/p>\n

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All four of our boys have been home and we’ve savored every moment <\/p>\n

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— from enjoying the sight and sounds of downtown Seattle, Pike’s Place Market, RN-74,<\/p>\n

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visit to see Santa,<\/p>\n

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indulging Nana by seeing “Annie” (yes, all 7 of us (big & little boys and their Mom & Dad — all in a row) — “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya’ tomorrow!”, Christmas Eve at City Church<\/p>\n

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 and then home for Family Skyping with the Wallace’s. <\/p>\n

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\nBrennan had worked diligently on an amazing Power Point Presentation describing his “take” on presents and sharing, and the true meaning of Christmas,<\/div>\n
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Payton & Alexia’s song,<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a> then the highlight every year is our Christmas story read by Uncle Ryan. This year’s story was even better as it was spontaneously accentuated with props — both families used the characters from their nativity sets to demonstrate the story. <\/div>\n

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\nWe sang. We laughed. We prayed together. Traditions continue….just in a new and high tech way — so thankful to be alive in this day and time to experience leading edge technology — sure makes the distance seem not so distant and separated after all. Blessed. Blessed. Blessed. Thankful. Thankful. Thankful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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