Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. We hosted dinner this year, so I had a busy day and a half preparing. I took off work yesterday and did most of the prep work then so today was a breeze. My family (parents, grandmother and brother and his family) were in …
Jacob went trick or treating for what I hope was the last time last night (at 15, he’s getting kind of old for this). Since he didn’t push it and since I don’t like clutter, we didn’t even decorate this year. No pumpkin, either (but, we really need to remedy …
We had Christmas at our house yesterday. My parents, brother and his crew, and a friend of my mom’s attended the dinner. Brian’s mom had to work so the three of them stopped over later in the afternoon. It was a nice day. I’m off today, so Brian went to …
We spent Christmas Eve at my in-law’s. It was fairly laid back–just us, the in-laws and our niece and her boyfriend. We had a nice dinner and then went to church, which was less than an hour in length (gasp!). After church, we went back to the house and did …
We had our annual Christmas visit and exchange of gifts with Judy last night. We met up at our house in the evening. It was a fun time, as always. We’ve gotten to see a lot more of Judy this year and that is just fine with me. We’ll be …