Santa came! He left trains, and a Star Wars gun, and spy equipment, and clothes, and coat, and an MP3 player. In the letter the kids wrote on Christmas Eve, Slade was very specific about telling Santa not to misspell his name. Santa still doesn't spell names right. He's just too busy! Still, I think Santa did good this year. When Slade saw Nathan's gun (a video game that plugs into the TV), he said, "Nathan, you got what you always wanted!"
The kids got to check out their stockings and play with their Santa gifts while we waited for Keri and family to join us. Then the real fun began....
It took about three hours and there were many thrilled faces, lots of hugs, some happy dances, and even some tears. What a wonderful way to spend a morning.
When the pile of presents was depleted, we feasted on Scotch eggs, candy, cheese ball and crackers, and some pie too. Yum.
Dave and I took our children to the Daniels about two o'clock. I took a nice long nap while Dave and the kids played games and watched movies. We came back to a clean house (bless you Mom) and the kitchen filled with even more good food for another party that night. We hosted my two aunts and their families for a total of 40 people playing games, eating food, singing Christmas songs, talking and laughing.
A very wonderful and merry Christmas to all!
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