Judy and I traveled the country without leaving our living room. We watched the kids open their presents at Becky’s house and hung out in the aftermath for a while. Wrapping paper everywhere. The night before, Bad Santa visited their house and knocked over the Christmas Tree. No explanation, they just heard a crash, got up to look, and found the Christmas Tree on its side. So Becky, Brian, Taylor and Tony were up at 2 o’clock in the morning cleaning up the mess and rewrapping wet presents. It all worked out in time for a joyous morning but there were some naps needed in the afternoon.
Then we moved on to Matt’s house. Alex got a giant Lego Death Star. Austin got an EZ Bake oven. We could almost smell the red velvet cupcakes cooking. After, we got moved back for the longer view from one end of the room so we could watch them play games on the floor and fly the RC helicopter that shoots rockets. We only got hit by a rocket once.
Christmas is a favorite fun holiday for us and it’s so nice we could be that close to the kids yet still be here. We’re embracing our digital world. The cloudy rainy weather broke and we got a 60 degree sunny Christmas. For our gift exchange, we decided that I bought Judy the house earlier in the year and she bought me the deck this fall, and so just left it at that this year.
A big Christmas Dinner sponsored by the Park. They provided the facility, all the settings, and the roast beef and smoked sausage. We broke up into tables for 12. Judy made creamy cauliflower casserole with bacon and cheddar, mashed potatoes and gravy for our table. I made a gallon of ice cream. By that time we were all so full there was enough to share with the rest of the tables.
It’s good to eat that early in the day so we could have that many hours left to digest.
Merry Christmas everybody.
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