Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I did not get the decorations for Christmas up this year like I meant to do. Time just flew and then it was to late. Dave got a small and fun sparkly tree so we were not entirely without decorations and we had the wrapped presents as well. We had a wonderful Christmas holiday though and we are looking forward to a very quiet New Year.

We were incredibly blessed this Christmas. We spent the whole weekend with family and friends. On Tuesday, while I was at work, UPS dropped off a large box filled with Christmas presents and fun holiday food items for Big Grizz and I. The return address had been cut off so we have no idea who our Secret Santa is. Thank you to the very generous mystery people out there. You helped make our Christmas extra special. I had Christmas Eve off from work and so Big Grizz and I worked on the last of our presents in the morning and I made a big fruit salad for Christmas Eve dinner. We spent the evening with Big Grizz's family. We had a wonderful dinner and we exchanged gifts. We also had a white elephant present game, which is always funny and a bit crazy. On the Saturday before Christmas, we has a party for Grandma S's family. It was a lot of fun and I will put a picture in of me playing "Pin the Carrot Nose on the Snowman".

Christmas day was a snowy one. Grizz and I slept in a bit and then we went over to Grizz's folks place again. Superwoman & Sushiboy and their family were there to visit as well. We exchanged gifts and had a nice visit. After that we went to visit Grandma S and other family. We then went back to Grizz's folks and watched old home movies that we had transferred to DVD. It was a wonderful day. I gave Big Grizz a GI Joe Shirt and a season of Animated Batman for Christmas gifts.

The day after Christmas was the party for my extended family held at my Aunt and Uncle's home. We were invited to come and join in the fun with their 7 sons and their families and the Sushiboy family. My Cousin #1 and his family were not able to make it. We missed them. It was quite the crowd with the rest of us though and a good deal of fun. We are a crazy bunch when we get together and this year there were 4 babies under 3 months old. We all got a chance to hold at least 1 of them. Little Tank was born on the 2nd of December and Cousin #4 in line and his wife had a baby boy that week as well. Cousin #2 in line, who is my age, and his wife had twins - a boy and a girl - on the 25th of October. We got a funny picture with Tank and the twins. Their shirts all say "Silent Night, Yeah Right!" The girl twin is really mad and crying in the picture. We did a white elephant gift game at this party as well. It is always so funny to see what people come up with.