Gee whiz, I feel like I have a TON to catch up on! Our last few weeks have been a whirlwind of family, friends, presents, food, and all around good times, and I want to write about it all on here so that I can remember later on! :o) We are back home after a weekend in Delta with my family and I am enjoying one more day with my hubby before he goes back to work tomorrow back to his normal schedule! I have LOVED having him home with us so much these past few weeks! Definitely love how much time off Marathon gives their employees! :o) Anyway, Scott is putting in a movie for us to watch (Sorcerer's Apprentice) since Daniel just went down for a nap, so I will catch up with this while watching!
The rest of our Christmas day was lots of fun! Daniel slept for quite awhile at home before we headed back over to Scott's parents, but he was SO much happier after his nap! We began opening gifts once we got there and Daniel had so much fun as he opened one after another of his many gifts! He got some super cool things, like his rocking horse from Grandma and Grandpa, some Baby Einstein picture boxes that stack, two board books, lots of cute clothes, a crocheted bib, his first toolbox (it's for 4 year olds, so right now he is just enjoying a few of the bigger tools), a sheriff's badge and rubber-band gun to use while on his horse, a cute fire truck painted by his grandma, and more things! Scott got some tools and money and I got the Anne of Green Gable DVDs, lotions, perfume, 9x13 dish casserole holders/carriers, an address book, and we both got some soup bowls with handles! :o) Lots of cool things!
After opening gifts, we ate a delicious lunch, hung out, played games, and just enjoyed family time! For lunch we had ham, potato casserole, green bean casserole, potato rolls, apple salad, and yummy cheesecakes! It was all amazing! :o)
Scott had Monday, Thursday, and Friday off last week so we hung out and spent time as a family Monday and Daniel spent time playing with his new toys all week! Thursday Scott spent most of the day at his parents as he smoked two briskets for my family's Christmas / New Year celebration this past weekend! It took 12 hours, so he stayed there most of the time checking on the meat and making sure it was cooking perfectly! It had snowed and snowed most of the night Wednesday so we took Daniel out in the snow for a little while and then went over and spent some time with Scott's parents and Geoffrey. It was a lazy day reading, playing games, and having fun! The brisket was done by 7 pm so Scott got home around 9 with some DELICIOUS brisket!
Friday morning I had breakfast with a few of my friends at Einstein's Bagels, which was fun and yummy! :o) Then, Scott met me there and we drove down to Delta to start the weekend with my family. We hung out with my parents all afternoon, making potato casserole, chocolate sheet cake, cole slaw, and some other food for that night and the next day. Amanda and Vienna joined us just before dinner and we ate a yummy chili dinner before putting Daniel down for bed and hot-tubbing! Amanda and I talked for awhile after hot-tubbing and watched part of the New Year Eve show on TV, but we all ended up going to bed before 10! We are such old people these days! Lol. :o) Daniel slept ALL night, which we were SO thankful for, especially after all of us woke up around 4:30 am when Lelia and Wayne got in (Wayne worked until 2 am) and I had a hard time getting back to sleep.
Saturday was our 3rd Christmas and the first day of 2011!!! :o) It was a great start to a new year! I can't believe it's already 2011, though! 2010 was amazing but passed so fast! Anyway, since Wayne and Lelia needed sleep, we didn't end up opening stockings or presents until late morning after eating our breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls. All of us adults watched Vienna and Daniel open their stockings first, which was fun! Daniel really enjoyed all of his new toys and stuff from Santa, especially his "The Incredibles" fork and spoon! We opened a few presents after that, which was the first of about three or four different stages of gift opening we had during the day. We had quite a few gifts, that's for sure, and now that we have two kids in the group, they had SO many gifts!
We stopped part of the way into opening gifts to eat our lunch of brisket, potato casserole, corn casserole, rolls, beans, cole slaw, and pound cake and ice cream for dessert. Then we opened more gifts! Daniel had a lot of fun yet again, although we had to help him open gifts really fast near the end since he was getting super tired! He got SO many cool toys, cute clothes, stuff for his room, and more! I got new boots, a watch, some amazing Christmas candle holders, ornaments, and a scrapbook supply bag!
Dad got three new games for Christmas, so that evening after Daniel went down for bed we all played one of his new games - Quelf (I think it's called). It was SO much fun! Definitely got us a little out of our comfort zone, but at least we were with family so it made it a lot of fun! :o)
Sunday we spent the entire day down there again! We played Battle of the Sexes and Mad Gab, which were the other two new games, talked, had fun, and watched Eclipse before leaving that night. Good times!
So, that was our Christmas and New Year events! Daniel had a wonderful time for his very first holidays, and now he is just resting up after all the busy events! He is super excited for 2011! :o)
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