Not as bad as I expected

Well, its Christmas night.  The boys are FINALLY tucked in bed and asleep.  Dad is out walking Millie and I am settling into my blog.

What a day!  I felt a bit disheveled today after all the gifts were opened.  We spent about two and a half hours opening gifts then about an hour and a half trying to get into the toy packages and putting batteries in everything.  Once that was done we needed to organize the trash piles and toy piles.  By this point Ayden can barely focus on one thing.  He starts to play with his Aquadoodle mat but then gets distracted by the new bounce back racer.  Christian got lots of great new books which he had his nose buried in not long after the excitement was over.  Dad, Christian and I played one of Christian's new games.  We all enjoyed that.  Then we went out back to play with silly string.  Dad and I transferred firewood from one stack on the side of the house to the stack by the back door.  However we won't be needing it for tonight or tomorrow.  It is supposed to be 78 degrees tomorrow.  Then 50 degrees on Saturday!

Mason likes his new toys and I am so glad.  He so enjoys following me around the house.  I hope that these toys will distract him for a short while so I can get things done.

We had a nice dinner of ham, corn and green bean casserole, baked potatoes and rolls.  We also made a pumpkin pie for dessert.

Dominic didn't think he would get to call, but everyone was authorized a 15 minute call to family by the commander.  I was grateful!  He called yesterday evening.  He said that things are good and he sounded good which is what I look for when I talk to him.  If he sounds good that makes me feel better.  He spoke to Christian and dad also.

I think this next week I will probably take down our decorations and get the house back in order.  Dad is going to do some repairs for me which I am excited about.  I am truly enjoying having some company.

Our good friend Zach came over yesterday for a quick visit and brought us some Chex mix that his mom made.  Then we went to the evening service at church.  It was nice, the music was beautiful and the chapel was glowing with candle light.  I was so happy that we went.

I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas!  I did (all things considered)!