It was a good Christmas.

Everyone was up by 7:30 and read to go!

Mom later told me that y’all (H and K) were up at 3 AM asking to look at presents. Ha!

We opened all of “Santa’s” presents and ate breakfast amidst the carnage and playing.

In the afternoon we watched Soul on Disney+.

Finally, we opened the gifts to each other right before dinner and went for a short family walk after the sun went down.

H, I think your gift highlights were your shrimp, your drone, and your robot.

K, you loved your dance dress, your mermaid house, and your scooter.

And T – I think you enjoyed ruffling the wrapping paper the most!

I enjoyed being with each of you.

It’s so bittersweet to see the Christmases go by.

T, you were beautiful and perfect today – and yet you only get a first Christmas this one time.

But the same is true for all of us.

I will never have a one-year-old, four-year-old, and seven-year-old at Christmas again.

And, frankly, I’ll never be 39 again.

I adore getting to do this beautiful life with you.

I love you.

-Dad