Christmas with our Soldier

Sunday was Family Day at the 252nd MP Company, which is Matt's unit. They started out with an awards ceremony. Matt got an award for "working beyond his pay grade". We had no clue that was coming but we were very proud of course! He got a new ribbon for his Class A's and also a medal. They also had an FRG(Family Readiness Group) meeting, which I hate! I know they are there to help but right now all they are talking about is getting ready for deployment and I honestly hate thinking about all the details that involves. They gave out a schedule of meetings, the last one was called Mobilization Day. Sounds exactly like what I want to do! We ate after that. It was very good, much better than last year! Santa was there. Jenna like him from far away. She kept saying HO HO HO but when we get take her close to him she would literally climb up Matt to get away. We tried to get a picture with him but it didn't work. Santa passed out presents to all the kids(provided by the parents). He gave Jenna a cute Dora/Deigo set. And of course she LOVED it! We had a great time. We are so grateful for our soldier and all he does! This Christmas is special because next year he'll be over seas and not with us. We are making memories throughout this season for him to carry over with him.