We had our second annual extended family stay at Warm Beach. (previous year) We had two nights there, but the time was pretty full so it seemed to go by very quickly.
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The Christmas lights were beautiful as before. Many things were similar, but there were some new displays.
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The first evening, Art's son Loren & his wife were able to be with us.
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It was Art's birthday, so we sang "Happy Birthday" to him as part of some music we did.
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There were a lot of games played.
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And a fair bit of silliness during visiting.
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Breakfasts were part of the Warm Beach package.
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We all stayed up entirely too late, so the coffee in the morning was very important!
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Even so, it was hard to stay awake.
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More games.
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Our Friday lunch was wraps.
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I sang the call to eat. It was a song that we used daily when I was a kid in school in Japan.
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Later we read from A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". This had become a fun Christmas tradition in our family. I really got into the expression part and I appreciated Marilyn's easy laughter.
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That afternoon, we had a Gingerbread House decorating contest. My team's house completely collapsed (on right), but it was a lot of fun.
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Someone remembered the gymnastics trick of lying down in a circle on each other's knees. It was actually pretty comfortable.
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Then we did the sitting down in a circle trick. -Great fun with lots of laughing!
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That evening we ate out at a Chinese restaurant. We thought we were ordering conservative quantities, but took home 8 boxes of extra food!
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Afterward we had a group picture.
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