2007 First Christmas of Many

The amount of presents was almost ridiculous. People who normally do not exchange gifts with us sent gifts to celebrate Akins first of many Christmas's in the U.S. There were three personal things Akins asked Santa to take care of for him and Santa was kind. The first was a train, next an important man and finally a Bee for the boy next door. This last gift was kind of important as Akins had borrowed a toy and the dog had unfortunately chewed on it. So, the request was a pretty desperate move to replace the damaged toy without the boy ever knowing it was damaged. Does anyone know how hard it is to find Happy Meal toys after they have gone away? Ebay is a definate must for Santa. As it turned out despite the really cool train from Santa and the riding Jeep from Mommy and Lorea the Bee's were the biggest hit of the day. When Akins opened these he jumped up and down and hugged them shouting "My bees, my bees"! I'm pretty sure he thought he was going to have to confess and really did not want to. Of all the gifts my personal favorite of his was the puzzle of America complete with photos of the AFAA kids on their respective states, compliments of Abegail and Eman. Thanks guys! Here are the photo highlights of the night before and Christmas day.