Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas.  I really had a fun filled day.  I’m super excited that my sister is in town for the whole week. Unfortunately I do have to work my 3 days this week, but I’m just glad she’s here.  Christmas Eve was spent at my friend Amy’s parents place.  Dave ended up staying home with Gavin and I went alone.  I’ve gone every year for so many years now.  That’s the night for some drunken holiday cheer.  Amy’s mom got so hammered, we were laughing our ass’s off.  I got home at about 2am to wake up Dave so that we could play Santa.  He bought Gavin his huge activity table that about swallows up our entire living room.  We were up till after 3am wrapping his stocking stuffers.

Went to my IL’s for Christmas dinner at around 4pm.  My MIL makes a delicious juicy prime rib roast every year.  I just love going over there to graze on all the hor d’orves and munchies.  I was almost full before even sitting down for dinner.  We exchanged gifts there then around 7:30pm we headed to my grandma’s where dinner was just wrapping up.  This Christmas was the first Christmas without my grandma, and although my mom is now living in her house, it’ll still always be grandma’s house.  Everyone came over, as usual.  There was still a sense of something missing though.  Right before we opened gifts, my mom says that her sister in Wyoming said to play this song for everyone.  Half way through it, most of us were in tears.  But it was still a nice moment for the family to reflect and remember my grandma, especially at Christmas.

Tradition the past couple years has been that Gavin and I spend the night there with my sister and her daughters and Dave goes to a buddy’s house for a Christmas nightcap with his friends.  My sister took Gavin and I home Monday afternoon.  It’s going to be a fun week with my sister here.  She and her husband along with Dave and I will probably do something fun for New Years Eve.

More soon… stay safe and have a wonderful New Years Eve!!

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