We Survived Christmas

OK, well, it wasn't that tough on us, but sometimes you just wonder how you'll manage to survive all the events leading up to Christmas... Not only the shopping, but the baking, the tree decorations, the wrapping, the cards (which I just did not do this year)...etc.

My mom showed up on Saturday and then Steve's dad showed up on Monday and we went out for the most fabulous, yummy, superb dinner at Charlie Gittos that evening. What a great place!!! I can't say enough about the food, the service, the whole evening was a success. Travis keeps asking when we'll be back. Then we went to the downtown UU church for the candlelight service, which was nice..I don't think it was as good as last year, and pales in comparison to any service we had in Urbana.

After telling Travis to sleep in, he managed to 5:30....and got a quick go back to bed. He suffered until 6:30 and I finally got up and got ready... Had an award winning unwrapping extravaganza, followed by the best french toast ever...challah bread and my mom's fancy maple syrup from MI...wow!! Just a drop will do you!

We got lots of fun things, and played and read the rest of the afternoon...oh, and cooked dinner... Finished off the evening with pumpkin pie and Harry Potter 5.

The only thing that would have made it better would have been a touch of snow to make it pretty out, but not here...it was 50!

I hope everyone else had a great Christmas...and remember, another 363 days to go!