Tuesday, 25 December

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wow, it's here. It was a truly wonderful Christmas. Having Olivia with us was the great gift. We woke up and exchanged our gifts while sipping on some coffee. I got Olivia up a little early so she basically fell back to sleep for the whole thing. :) I got everything I wanted from Kurt, he did an excellent job. After exchanging gifts, we got showered and dressed, I brought a couple of outfits for Olivia, a casual one, pajamas and a dress for the family portrait. We got the car packed and headed out around 10:00 am, stopped for coffee and made it to Lansing by 11:30. Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Heather and Tahya were there already. Everyone else showed up not too much later. We ate lunch and chatted then exchanged gifts. It was really nice - it was great spending time with the family. We made out like bandits - we were a little spoiled. Olivia was having more fun with the wrapping paper then the gifts, next year it should be more exciting for her. After gifts, we watched a movie, played cards and then I worked on the computer for a little bit. Mom had some issues with her PC. We played the game Shove It, that is always fun and I actually did really well this time. Then we had to head out, it was getting late. We left around 7:00 pm or so. Got home around 8:30, we stopped by Michael and Dan's to exchange gifts and watched TV for a little bit but then it was time to go home to bed. Long day but a very memorable holiday.