Christmas I and II

On Christmas Eve my side of the family celebrated Christmas at our house. This is a first time in history that we have not traveled to Council Grove for Christmas and I must say it was very nice not having to travel. We ordered pizza for dinner and snacked on all the goodies that mom and I had made. Then we went to the Christmas Eve service at my Church. It was a very nice candle light service and we were headed home within 45 minutes. On our way home we stopped by a house that has a Christmas light show to music. Madelyn and I have stopped by that house numerous times this holiday season and we never do get tired of it. Once we got back to our house we ate more snacks and started the unwrapping. Everyone made out very well. DeAnn and Terry and the girls headed home and my parents went to my aunt Rosemary's house around 9:00pm. Then Ryan and Madelyn set a trap to catch Santa and we set out a snack for Santa and his reindeer. Madelyn and Ryan watched a movie until they crashed and I hit the sack after the work was done.






Christmas morning Ryan was up early and Madelyn soon followed. Some how Santa had managed to sneak into our house without getting caught in the trap. He sure is clever. Madelyn was very excited to see that Santa had left her a bunch of presents and an electric razor scooter.She claims that she had been a very good girl this year. Madelyn passed the gifts out and then we took turns opening. Then we spent the morning enjoying our new toys. We will have to make a couple exchanges as the Leapster doesn't work with the games and my camera doesn't have clear pictures as we had hoped.






The three of us will be enjoying a steak dinner for lunch and then spending the day at home. Since we are already getting on one another's nerves it should make for a long and interesting day. I sure wish there were some stores open so I could do some shopping and get the heck out of here.

However, we are so thankful for this day, Jesus' birthday, and hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas enjoying time with family. Even if they do get on your nerves. Merry Christmas everyone!!