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a montgomery christmas

another christmas has come and gone. i think we may have set a record for slowest christmas day ever today. no one was up and about until after 10, (well, mom was up at the crack, making black-bottom pie) and lunch preparations didn't start until well after noon. by the time we had everything in the oven and sat down to open presents it was after 2:00. we read some scripture out of the gospel of luke, which, in typical montgomery fashion kicked off a long discussion over the deeper meanings within the text. after a good hour and a half of conversation we got started passing out the gifts -- now that our family is up to 8 it takes quite a while to get through them all. by the time we'd wrapped up the gift-giving (sorry, couldn't resist) the pork tenderloin was threatening to turn into pork jerky and we hurried to gather around the table for dinner.

i must say though, i do love the slow pace that our holidays have begun to take on. i think it encourages everyone to relax and take time for deeper conversation, and as a family, we're really beginning to appreciate each other and take advantage of our rare times together.

so what did i get for christmas? well, a handful of nifty things, coolest of all was a new bag for my iBook that ive been drooling over (thanks tim!). oh, and my other siblings got digital cameras! so maybe we'll have a few more montgomery photobloggers before long...

(if anyone, montgomery family i'm assuming, wants a printable version of the above dinner picture, you can find a larger version of it here.)