Happy Holidays!!

Mom, Dad and Grandmother arrived around 2:00 and the whirlwind began! Frank actually got off early so my stress level went down a bit. He ran some errands for me.


Katherine was so excited that Grandmother was here that she said Grandmother was her best friend. They played, and played, and played, and played. At 4:00, Mom, Dad and I went onto the church. Mom and Dad were kind enough to be handbell subs. At 4:30, we rehearsed....at 6:00, we played. The Christmas Eve service was absolutely beautiful. We headed home for tamales and an expectant visit from Santa.

When we got up on Christmas morning, Santa had come! He brought Katherine a Barbie Dream House and a dress up box. She walked in from her room, frowny and sleepy....when she hit the couch, and saw what Santa brought, that frown turned into huge smile. She let out a big, "WOW!" and started playing immediately. Grandma Kathy got there quickly after. Katherine stopped long enough to give hugs and open her other presents. Everyone was very generous!

Then the madness began! We opened all of our gifts, again....all the stuff we got was awesome! Among other wonderful things, Frank and I were given a new camera (pics soon) and $$ towards a fence for our house! WOO HOO! WOO HOO! WOO HOO!

Aunt Sue, Uncle Mike and Bethany got here about noon. We got to open more presents. Yea! By 2:30, a very nice Christmas dinner was served. We had ham, cheesy hashbrowns, sweet potatoes, sweet and sour green beans and rolls. Pie for desserts. I am proud to say that dinner was such a success that noone really wanted pie for a while!

By 4:00, the kitchen was clean and everyone was relaxing. I told Mom I wanted to lay down for 30 minutes. At 6:30, I woke up. Growing a baby takes a lot out of you! Grandmother took a nap too. Papa and Katherine played the whole time.

Unfortunately, Frank had to go back to work today. While Grandmother, Katherine, Mom and I went to Bells and the shoe store, Dad cleaned up our garage enough that we can park my Explorer in there. :) Isn't that great?????

We headed to El Chico for lunch. Then Katherine and I came home and my parents and Grandmother headed to Mexia. Again, I am going to miss naps when school starts again.

That was our wonderful Christmas! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!