We arrived in town at dinner time on Christmas Eve. Aunt Gigi's mother had prepared a huge Christmas meal for all of the Wagner's, and we all thoroughly enjoyed her feast. After dinner, we heard from Uncle Mike that Santa Claus was scheduled to make a drive-by appearance in a fire truck, something he described as a perk of living in Melbourne Beach. We all headed outside at the appointed time to see this exciting spectacle.
To our surprise, Santa not only drove by, but stopped and got out of the fire truck, right on the corner of Uncle Mike's property. And, to our complete amazement, he took a present out of his bag and said, "Is there a little boy named Caleb, here?" At first, I was thinking that there must be some other Caleb in the group of neighbors gathered there, and that my Caleb was going to be so disappointed. But I should have had more faith in Uncle Mike and Aunt Gigi :) Santa (via Mike & Gigi), had brought gifts for each of the Wagner cousins and handed them all out by name (even to Lydia!). I was very impressed, and the kids were elated. "Santa" gave Caleb a Nerf gun and Ethan a Captain America shield that shoots discs. I think it would be safe to say that these gifts were the hit of the season. I'm sad that we didn't get any pictures, but we were completely taken off guard and didn't even have the camera outside.
Christmas morning (Sunday), we all got up early so we could get ourselves and the kids dressed up in the finery they wore in Aunt Wendi's wedding four months earlier. Apparently, a picture of the seven grand kids in their wedding clothes never got taken then, so we did our best to recreate the moment for Mimi's photo op. After church, the clan headed over to Aunt Traci's house for lunch. Everybody split up for naps and the guys went to watch a movie. Next thing on the agenda was presents at Uncle Mike & Aunt Gigi's house.
Marcus, Caleb and Ethan outside Melbourne C of C
The best way to take a group picture of kids is in steps :)
Maddie, Josh, Traci & Dallen McGough (Marcus's younger sister and her family)
Everyone hanging out at Aunt Traci's house after church.
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