Reminiscing on the Mysterious Christmas Nights...

While visiting my friend Deanne today, we were sharing the fond and funny memories of when her, her husband Nazar, and the Biehns had plotted "the 12 Nights of Christmas" for Jason and I back in Dec. 2005. It was so hilarious, because we have security cameras set up in our courtyard, and we didn't catch on that they were dropping off a gift for us every night at our doorstep. So it wasn't until night 6 we decided to look at our recordings to capture the mischeivious Christmas phantoms that were leaving gifties at our doorstep. First thought that came to my mind was...wow he is covering himself up pretty good...and he was bolting so fast! So one night, I decided to leave bottles of gatorade on our doorstep...seeing how much energy they were expending for this task. Other nights, there was an umbrella to cover their identity...then there were 2 of them in Ski masks! I was literally frightened! I remember we had a candy cane in our window that year...and then suddenly it started to shake. I was so scared, I actually tried to hide somewhere and I was convinced it wasn't the same people dropping of nice gifts at our door anymore! Anyway....UNFORTUNATELY there were two other nights that I couldn't find the video clips for so I can include it in this blog...however...in these clips: Norm had sent his son Tayler to our doorstep dressed as YODA to deliver a cute plant...and the last clip was us trying to catch the masked bandits. Jason was so determined to catch these guys...and he literally hung out at the side of the house...IN THE DARKNESS...and it was cold outside. He had huge floodlamp positioned in one hand and a camera with the other. I was hiding in the bathroom...but the window was open so I can hear what was going on. The funny part is...we didn't end up finding out the identities, but what we got was a confession by Nazar and Norm...because they thought we actually caught them! Anyway.... If anyone wants to see that part of the video...I guarantee you would get a great laugh, but i can only show it on the DVD. It was a difficult Christmas season that year in Dec 2005 since Jason and I found out I had miscarried what was to be our first child. I must of admit, I didn't know how I was going to get through that time. What truly helped was the laughter, friendship and compassion that uplifted our spirits that year. Enjoy! P.S. don't forget to pause my playlist so you can hear the video.