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We are SO lucky to have such good friends and to live in such an awesome place. Shane and I thank Heavenly Father for those 2 things every day.

That being said, our Christmas was great! We were invited to the annual Wise Christmas Eve party and had a grand ol' time.

By the way, I'm currently working full time for Sarah's grandparents, Fred (86) and Dorothy Wise (83). I help Dorothy around the house and run errands, and I help with household chores and the computer! They are really awesome and it's a great blessing for Shane and I. They have 4 awesome kids and 8 grandkids (they are pictured above).

The evening included a call from Santa and a run down the hall to try and catch a glimpse of him before he took off....

And a talent show! Shane and I humored the crowd with a little ditty

(we are the "musical" couple forever and ever).

The next morning we woke up to the best present ever: a video from Sam and Joe! My family moved to Guam a few months ago and have been living in a DREAM hotel! It has everything those boys could want, including a water park, scuba diving lessons, and an obstacle course!! They showed us around the place and they were soooo cute. If you'd like to watch it, and lots of other videos, they have a youtube page: youtube.com/osbornefam

Then we opened the rest of our presents! THANK YOU so much to everyone who sent us gifts and made it such a fun Christmas morning! We are so thankful for all of you and for your generosity.

Next we headed to downtown Long Beach and volunteered at a church serving a Christmas meal to the homeless. There were lots of volunteers, which was awesome to see, so Shane and I ended up mostly chatting with the people. It was really cool - we heard some crazy stories and felt the joy in the room. The people were so thankful to have a nice meal and some nice company. Many of them told me how thankful they were for us and how they could feel the good vibes. It was a great experience and we plan on doing it again!

This guy below sang some awesome songs for us. I filmed him and you can check it out on our new youtube page! youtube.com/sallyandshane

For dinner we were invited to our friends (Danielle and Kiffy) grandparents' house to enjoy the festivities! Great food, great company, and a hilarious white elephant gift exchange! Granny ended up w/ our gift - this crazy neon Neff hat! Funny. (Thanks for having us guys - we had a lot of fun!)

Overall it was a fantastic Christmas! Joy to the World.