We went through every decoration with a bell on it from the Christmas garlands, wreaths, squeeze-me singing Christmas toys, both Christmas trees, to my moms craft stash. By the time family prayers came around we thought we had gotten them all, but as we knelt down, Taylor and I both realized at the same time there was ONE jingle bell at the very top of our 12 foot tree. How were we gonna get that without being seen or our plan being figured out?? As a look out for him, I stood guard after the parents dispersed and he got the last one. After getting ready for bed and feeling very confident that jingle bells wouldn't be a part of this Christmas, I got a text from Brandon to call him when we were getting ready for bed. 
Monday, January 23, 2012
"We were so sneaky!"
The Christmas before I got married was one of the best for us kids though. Brandon was married and he and Darci said they were gonna spend Christmas with her family. Heather and Aaron were in Texas or with his parents so supposedly it was just Taylor and I. Taylor would sleep in his room and I would sleep in mine. Taylor and I decided to even things out a bit by taking all of the jingle bells in the whole house and stashing them away so they couldn't be used in the trap. (Anyone who has been through a Christmas trap knows that jingle bells are the bane of ones existence through these times.)
We went through every decoration with a bell on it from the Christmas garlands, wreaths, squeeze-me singing Christmas toys, both Christmas trees, to my moms craft stash. By the time family prayers came around we thought we had gotten them all, but as we knelt down, Taylor and I both realized at the same time there was ONE jingle bell at the very top of our 12 foot tree. How were we gonna get that without being seen or our plan being figured out?? As a look out for him, I stood guard after the parents dispersed and he got the last one. After getting ready for bed and feeling very confident that jingle bells wouldn't be a part of this Christmas, I got a text from Brandon to call him when we were getting ready for bed.
I called him and he and Darci were waiting outside. They had a plan. they would come in my window and wait for me to distract my parents somehow, then Brandon would sneak in to Taylor's bathroom and sleep in the bathtub. The tricky part was that that bathroom was right next to my parents room and the office my Mom was working in all night. Mom even went in there once to wash her hands or something. At least she didn't go to the bathroom!! Awkward!! Brandon kept texting us updates through the night how he was doing. It was really funny. Unfortunately, I cant remember if he was discovered or not, or even if we got through that Christmas, but I just remember feeling really cool because we were so sneaky.
We went through every decoration with a bell on it from the Christmas garlands, wreaths, squeeze-me singing Christmas toys, both Christmas trees, to my moms craft stash. By the time family prayers came around we thought we had gotten them all, but as we knelt down, Taylor and I both realized at the same time there was ONE jingle bell at the very top of our 12 foot tree. How were we gonna get that without being seen or our plan being figured out?? As a look out for him, I stood guard after the parents dispersed and he got the last one. After getting ready for bed and feeling very confident that jingle bells wouldn't be a part of this Christmas, I got a text from Brandon to call him when we were getting ready for bed. 
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