Christmas

0Josh • 26th Dec 2004 • blog entries, nome., station life

Hey Friends!

We sure enjoyed hearing from many of you over the holidays, it was great going to the P.O. box and getting cards and packages from friends and family. It really made us feel missed, and completed a great Christmas. It was hard/different to not be at home this year, it was the first time Lydia and I had ever been away from friends or family for the holidays. However, we survived and were able to build some good memories on our own. Christmas eve I was given the morning off to sleep in. While Neil is out of town, I’ve been hosting the morning show with Dennis. His wife offered to come in and cover, and it gave me a nice morning to sleep in. After Lydia and I got up, she called over to the house and said everyone was going out to breakfast at the Polar cafe, and we were invited. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Later Christmas eve afternoon, we were airing our annual show “the talking Christmas card”. People from all over the area called in with their Christmas greetings, and we put them on the air. We took over 100 calls, and were on the air for over 3 hours. We went over to the Christmas eve service at church, which was very nice. Lydia has been involved with leading worship over the past few weeks, and was up front this time too. We went home after church, changed our clothes and headed over to the Hobb’s house. They invited us, and a few other people over for snacks. We had a fun time meeting people and talking. When we left, it was around 11.

Christmas morning we woke up around 9:30, and after getting presentable started opening the presents that had collected from under our small “Charlie brown Christmas tree”. We both had a great time seeing the stuff that was sent from family members and friends, and opening the stuff that we purchased for each other. We called Lydia’s family, and then called mine. While on the phone with my family, we realized that we had more gifts to open!! One of the things that we had been given by my parents was a set of luggage, and they sent one up for us to see. Much to our surprise, there were gifts inside the suitcase!

Christmas afternoon we went over with the rest of the remaining KICY staff to the station manager, Dennis Wielder’s house. He and his wife had prepared a delicious meal for us that included turkey, stuffing, hot rolls, and more. We then played a new game that Lydia purchased for us for Christmas, Cranium Hoopla. After a few rounds of Hoopla, we watched Christmas in Connecticut. We got back home at 9pm that evening.