The Wacky Adventures Of Josh And Chad: Family Christmas Party!

 Christmas is finally here everybody! But prior to that, me and my twin decided to enjoy Christmas eve and deliver some Christmas cards and spend time with some love ones.

After getting some supper at home, Chadman and I put together some cards and headed out to see some friends before making it to our Aunt Vic and Uncle Butch's house for a little Christmas Eve party.

First on the list was stopping at our long time friends house and came a card to the Silks family where we got to discuss a few things about the year 2025. As always, it was fun getting to talk with them again, of course, I will be seeing them shortly in the near future.

Next we got to make a quick stop at the Sacred Heart church in town where we delivered a card and I got to see my old coach Ray Hoppel along with Maddie, her husband Chris and the rest of their family. Thoughts and prayers to everyone at Sacred Heart!

Finally! We arrive at Vic and Butch's house and we were immediately welcomed by their grandson Max who of course had to play some Madden lol. Our cousins Greg and Andy were also there and we were soon joined by our cousin Nate and his wife Darby as well as Deb and her Husband Jim were there and our Aunt Mona and her boyfriend Bob came to visit.

To no one's surprise, I quickly jumped on the peanut butter blossoms along with some delicious Mountain Dew and some good old fashion mac and cheese.

It was really nice to see everyone and it really was amazing to just be with family and talk about some fun memories of the past and what they have been doing in their world.

Honestly and maybe it is just how I am mentally, but it is really nice to have things just settle down and not feel like everything is constantly racing. Being with friends and family and celebrating something special like Christmas was needed for me.

Days like this don't seem to happen much anymore nowadays which is sad because I feel like a lot of people would benefit from the human connection.  But this is just my humble opinion.

Hope and pray you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas!

Until Next Time!

God Bless and Be Safe Everybody! 🙏🙏🙏

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