Friday, December 24, 2004
Happy Holidays!
We are ready! We have hundreds of gifts under our tree... yes HUNDREDS... (not that we have counted them)... but with 12 people here for Christmas and each person getting one or two gifts from each other person... well it adds up.
As of midnight, we will have...
Me, Eric, Dorothy, Amelia, Elizabeth, Oliver, Sarah, James (her boyfriend), Tom and my dad. In the morning, Zoe and Owen join us, and later, Ruth, her dad Dennis and her mom will join us for dinner. (15 in all!)
I am hoping to make the turkey tonite so there is less work tomorrow... and we are having huge negotiations to decide if we will let the "kids" (all age 17-21, except Oliver who is 13) open their stockings after midnight so we can sleep in in the morning... and then wait to open the other gifts at noon when the other kids come back from their dads.
We may go to church tonite for the 11 pm service - where there will be lots of carol singing.
Happy holidays to all!
As of midnight, we will have...
Me, Eric, Dorothy, Amelia, Elizabeth, Oliver, Sarah, James (her boyfriend), Tom and my dad. In the morning, Zoe and Owen join us, and later, Ruth, her dad Dennis and her mom will join us for dinner. (15 in all!)
I am hoping to make the turkey tonite so there is less work tomorrow... and we are having huge negotiations to decide if we will let the "kids" (all age 17-21, except Oliver who is 13) open their stockings after midnight so we can sleep in in the morning... and then wait to open the other gifts at noon when the other kids come back from their dads.
We may go to church tonite for the 11 pm service - where there will be lots of carol singing.
Happy holidays to all!
