Monday, December 26th 2005

filed in: Holiday

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was! Since this was our first Christmas alone, away from all our families we knew it would be different, but it was such a nice day to spend with each other laughing, reminiscing about when the kids were little, and eating…lot’s of eating!

We woke at 7:30 or that is I woke at 7:30 and came down to light the tree and candles, make sure everything was in it’s place and I had coffee in my hand! Big Daddy then went and woke the kids…can you believe he HAD to wake them up! LOL Yeah, that’s what happens when you have teenagers. So all you who have youngun’s hang in there, it does get later than the crack of dawn…eventually!

Miss Priss played Santa and passed out all the presents. Everyone’s pile getting higher as she went….it’s amazing how that happens each year, they just keep getting bigger and bigger, those piles…..mind you, I’m not complaining!!!

We take turns so we can watch each other open and ohh and ahh as we see what the other has opened. I love it when my 20 year old gets excited because he gets something he didn’t expect!

Or when Miss Priss opens a package and I see that Santa did a perfect job picking the right jacket and she loves it.

After all the presents were torn into and the mess was cleaned up….by Big D! What a man! We all got ready and went to church for Christmas Day service. A lovely way to celebrate the birth of our Savior.

Once we got back home everyone was starving, so I hit the kitchen running. I had prepared my Praline Sweet Potatoes (thank you again Jennifer for that recipe) the night before, so I popped that and the dressing in the oven to warm up. Prepared the corn casserole (again thanks, Jennifer). Sliced the ham, warmed the rolls, well…….you get the idea….it was the first Christmas dinner I prepared all by myself. And I did pretty darn good if I say so!

As we sat in the dining room we gave thanks for this year, for all God has blessed us with and for each other and for our families who we couldn’t be with. It was a wonderful time with each other. And man did we eat way too much!

The kids offered to clear the table and clean the kitchen for me as an added Christmas gift to me….did I tell you I have the greatest kids in the world?

Miss Priss & Bubba

Though we couldn’t be with our families this Christmas, this holiday was wonderful. It was stress free, we enjoyed every moment of it and we, as a family unit, bonded just a little more, if that’s possible.