I hope that everyone had a great Christmas! Ours was really nice. No real drama, so I put that in the successful category. On Christmas Eve we went to the church where my grandparents were members. It was the candlelight service and it was very nice. Then on Christmas morning my parents came over and we opened all the gifts. The kids loved all their presents. We got the older 3 their own ipods so now I have 3 singing kids... luckily we cannot hear the music, just them singing. I am not sure which is better... hearing the Cheetah Girls sing.. or my daughters singing along to them... Oh, well. They are happy and that is all that counts. The youngest loves his workbench and has been pounding away at it. After all the present opening we had a big breakfast. My mom had gone to New Hampshire for a business trip and had a few stops along the way. One of them was in Washington. D.C. and so she got the kids some D.C. shirts and the other was in New York so she got me a New York shirt and hubby got a NYPD shirt. We got some of the kids presents untangled from their packages and then by the time we got through some of it we had to get ready to go to my Aunt's. Not all of my family was there, but we still made the most of it. It was a really bland day without my grandparents and hurt that much more without them. All the events were to start at 2 and we got there about 2:15. My other aunt did not get there til about 3:30. So some of us started the party out early and my uncle was pouring shots of Metaxa. I had a couple and a few beers, so by the time my other aunt got there, I was pretty well to the not caring stage and just basically ignored her existence along with her husband and my cousin. It was the first time I have had Metaxa and I have to say it hit pretty hard. It is one of my uncle's favorites and he was sharing the love :o) We did not stay very long. The kids were antsy and wanted to get back home to their presents and hubby was not in the mood to listen to them whine. The kids opened their presents from the family and then the adults played rob your neighbor. I had bought a really neat glass beer mug for the guy gift and I bought a bath and body thing for the girl gift. I ended up with a couple of mugs and hubby ended up with a Civil War DVD. There was not too much stealing going on so it went pretty fast. After that we stuck around and talked for a little while and then we left.
That was pretty much it as far as our Christmas went. The Saturday before Christmas I finally used my gift certificate from my hubby to one of the beauty salon's and got a 1 hour massage and then a pedicure and manicure. It was a nice relaxing time. 4 hours by myself enjoying peace and quiet is always nice! It was almost 3 hours of getting pampered and though I do not care too much for the froo froo stuff, I have to say I really do enjoy it when I do take the time out to get it done. Saturday night the guys got together to play poker and watch movies and play xbox. It was fun for all. The guys had a great time, one of my brothers friends got to playing with my phone and put his picture as my wallpaper and added his # to my phonebook, so I have 2 of my brothers friends phone #'s in my phone, which is quite weird. I did manage to get his picture OFF my wallpaper and back to my Rams logo but not without quite a bit of cussing and fighting with the damn thing. But the #'s are staying, in case there is a day I cannot find my brother and he happens to be with either of those guys... not that I think that will ever happen, but not a bad thing to have all the same.
Congrats to Geoffery over at Dog Snot on his new addition to the family! Your puppy is beautiful! If you ever want a good read I suggest him. He is always up to no good and has a very opinionated mind. He is always the first blog I go to when I get a few moments of time. Ok, well I am off to take care of kids... Lucky me, they are off til the 2nd!!!