Christmas Day 2007

Christmas day was wonderful. The kids got so much stuff. Michael's parents said they were cutting back this year, but it sure didn't look like it to me.

Anyway, we started out the morning at home, of course. The kids dug into their stockings and unwrapped their presents from Santa. Then, they helped Abby get into her stocking and unwrap her presents. After that we unwrapped all our gifts from each other. I got a Poison CD, Amityville Horror on DVD, one of the celtic necklaces and earrings that I emailed to Michael (guess my email worked), Print Shop Deluxe 22 (I REALLY wanted that), and a new big fluffy robe that is black with pink Scotties all over it.

We played around here until around 9:45 and then got dressed and ready to go over to Michael's parents' house. We were there around 10:40 or so. We sat and talked until Michael's brother and his family got there about 11:15 or so. We took a family picture, which of course was comical in the process, but we enjoyed the silliness.

Then it was time to open presents. I got LOST Season 3 on DVD, a really comfy warm up suit w/ a shirt to go with it, new sheets for our bed, a beautiful ornament that my MIL found in Branson a couple weeks ago, Monopoly Electronic Banking, and a set of Blackberry Amber scented stuff from Bath and Body Works. That came with bubble bath, lotion and cologne. I LOVE it! My MIL always is great at picking out stuff from Bath and Body works for me. I think I need to take at least one bath sometime this week!

We actually got A LOT of games combined this year. Michaela got Littlest Petshop Monopoly (my brother and his wife) and Disney Scene It (MIL and FIL). Caleb got a Transformers version of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots (My brother and his wife) and Spiderman Sorry(MIL and FIL). Michael and I got T.V. Scene It from my mom and her boyfriend. I got Electronic Banking Monopoly from MIL and FIL. The kids got a plug 'n play Frogger and Coleco Head to Head plug 'n play at my mom's. Caleb got Spider Man plug 'n play at MIL and FIL's. And, of course Santa brought the Wii with Wii Sports, Carnival Games, and Monster Truck Jam. That's a lot of games!

After we opened presents with Michael's side of the family, we had dinner over there. Turkey, ham, cheesy potato bake stuff, seven layer salad, cheeses, veggie tray, fresh green beans, rolls and bread, and something I'm forgetting, My MIL kept apologizing for it being such a small meal. HUH? I thought it was great!

She also had a choice of pumpkin pie, coconut cream pie, white cake, vanilla ice cream or any combination thereof for desert. Needless to say we all got fully stuffed. But, it was soooo good!

The kids played and my FIL put on Santa Claus 3 to watch. It was a nice quiet way to spend a couple of hours. When, Santa Claus 3 was over they put on Evan Almighty. OMG! How incredibly funny is that movie. If you've not seen it, it's a MUST SEE. Of course I LOVE Wanda Sykes, Morgan Freeman and Laura Graham and I do like John Goodman, so I would have watched the whole thing if it wasn't hilarious.

Michael's brother and his family left part of the way through this movie. They've seen it multiple times and my nephew wanted to get home to his new X-Box. My niece and nephew now have PS3, Wii and XBox, and they both have their own Nintendo DS systems. They have TONS of games for each console and system, too. I can't even imagine how much money they spend on games. But, the one good thing about it is, both kids have no problem spending time at home. My nephew is 13 and I'm sure his friends will always want to come to his house. It's kind of a good way to keep an eye on your kids as they hit those teen years.

We stayed at Michael's parents until around 6:30 or so. We got fed supper since we stayed. So, I didn't have to cook anything at all yesterday. Then, we came home and played Wii. Caleb did have to get out his Mack Truck Playtown and have Michael assemble that, too. I knocked out both of my children playing boxing on Wii.

I played baseball with both of them, too. Our games keep ending in a tie! We played Carnival Games some, but we need to mess around with that some more to figure it out a little better. Michaela and I loved the bowler coaster game. We didn't get to all the games on that yet. Michaela was getting tired and cranky and I just needed to switch it before she had a meltdown. So, Caleb got to play his Monster Truck Jam some. Boy, that one is going to take some practice. My truck tipped over and I couldn't figure out how to get it back on it's wheels. Caleb was having fun with it, but he's going to have to practice a lot too.

The kids went to bed a little after 9:00 pm. Then, Michael and I bowled about 3 games on Wii. I beat him twice.

We finally went to bed around 11:00.