White Christmas
What a treat! We had a white Christmas here in Woodstock. It snowed all day and a good part of the next day. Christmas this year was on Saturday. Due to the dangerous road conditions, church was canceled for Sunday.
Deborah, Neal and Amelia spent the day with us Christmas Day. Because of the road conditions, they spent the night as well. It was so nice having a baby in the house again. The day was very nice. We ate a leisurely breakfast (around noon!) and then exchanged gifts. It is so much fun to watch your loved ones open gifts you've given them, hoping they enjoy them as much as you anticipate! No "major" gifts this year, but a lot of love given with every item.
We cooked a big lunch/dinner of ham and macaroni/cheese and so forth. My family could eat mac and cheese 365 days a year! After the dishes were cleaned, again, it was game time.
We always play games together on Christmas. We played card games this year: Oh, Shoot and Hit the Deck. This took us well into the wee hours of the night. We also get very noisy when we play games. But, oh, the fun! Hit the Deck got rather violent; I think there was even blood drawn!
The next day, Leah and Blake came over. More Christmas! More gifts! More games! More snow! All in all, it was really rather nice spreading Christmas out over a few days.
Deborah and Neal enjoyed their time with us so much, they decided to spend another night!!! Besides, Neal REALLY wanted to watch "The Lord of the Rings" DVD Hannah received for Christmas! And we got to spend more time with Amelia!!
Gran had a very good Christmas this year. She held Amelia every chance she could. She went through withdrawals when Deborah and Neal finally went home, after 3 days! So, she took us all out to dinner her last night here. She even said she may come back before May if we don't get to Savannah first. My goodness, the power a baby has!!
Now the snow is melted and the decorations need to come down. I really do not like the after-Christmas let-down feeling. It is so depressing. But the new year is upon us and new experiences await. This has been a good year full of many memorable events. Lord willing, next year will be just as good or even better!
Deborah, Neal and Amelia spent the day with us Christmas Day. Because of the road conditions, they spent the night as well. It was so nice having a baby in the house again. The day was very nice. We ate a leisurely breakfast (around noon!) and then exchanged gifts. It is so much fun to watch your loved ones open gifts you've given them, hoping they enjoy them as much as you anticipate! No "major" gifts this year, but a lot of love given with every item.
We cooked a big lunch/dinner of ham and macaroni/cheese and so forth. My family could eat mac and cheese 365 days a year! After the dishes were cleaned, again, it was game time.
We always play games together on Christmas. We played card games this year: Oh, Shoot and Hit the Deck. This took us well into the wee hours of the night. We also get very noisy when we play games. But, oh, the fun! Hit the Deck got rather violent; I think there was even blood drawn!
The next day, Leah and Blake came over. More Christmas! More gifts! More games! More snow! All in all, it was really rather nice spreading Christmas out over a few days.
Deborah and Neal enjoyed their time with us so much, they decided to spend another night!!! Besides, Neal REALLY wanted to watch "The Lord of the Rings" DVD Hannah received for Christmas! And we got to spend more time with Amelia!!
Gran had a very good Christmas this year. She held Amelia every chance she could. She went through withdrawals when Deborah and Neal finally went home, after 3 days! So, she took us all out to dinner her last night here. She even said she may come back before May if we don't get to Savannah first. My goodness, the power a baby has!!
Now the snow is melted and the decorations need to come down. I really do not like the after-Christmas let-down feeling. It is so depressing. But the new year is upon us and new experiences await. This has been a good year full of many memorable events. Lord willing, next year will be just as good or even better!
I totally agree about the post Christmas "blues" and didn't know what to listen to on the radio when took the music away!! and I really dislike taking the stuff down...it's too pretty! But once it's gone, I get excited about the new year that's coming up!!
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