Well, I'm finally going to finish my December recap of events...sorry folks, it won't be very entertaining but I need to get this done. I'm going to try to condense everything and keep it short and sweet. I know, lengthy and wordy are more my style.

CHRISTMAS - LOVE IT....my absolute favourite holiday!! I do my best to savour every moment of it but it still comes and goes far too quickly.

CHRISTMAS EVE -
HIGHLIGHT - Went to the in-laws and "Santa" visited! It's so funny, my father-in-law dresses up like Santa and both my kids are so sure that it's "Papa" but they won't say anything while he's there. They always wait until he leaves. They're absolutely mesmerized while he's there and handing out toys and it's almost like they don't want to ruin it...just in case!
LOWLIGHT - We got there before anyone else, Jesse's so excited and raring around, sits down beside me, says "I'm going to be sick" and proceeds to throw up all over me, himself and my mother-in-law's sofa! After that he was fine again.

CHRISTMAS DAY HIGHLIGHTS -
- Kids sleeping in until 8!
- Seeing how excited my kids get when they open something, their faces beaming and they say "it's just what I wanted!" and they even remember to say thank you.
- Spending the day relaxing and playing with the kids new stuff
- Going to my parents that night to stay over and of course Mom has made all our favourites for supper. My personal favourite..Hash Brown Casserole..yummy!!
- My sister-in-law and I playing against my husband and brother in a VERY competitive game of Catch Phrase and whoopin' their butts! Ok, we might have lost...convenient memory loss on my part. This game is a riot...highly recommend it if you're ever looking for a game for a group of people. I bought the electronic version (don't buy the board version).

BOXING DAY HIGHLIGHTS -
- Again, kids slept in!
- Grandma came to join us for the day and brought a batch of her world-famous homemade cinnamon buns!
- After the gift-opening frenzy, played games all afternoon...the adults that is...Scrabble, cards.
- Turkey dinner and all the fixings...one of my favourite meals.
LOWLIGHT - Grandma informed us that would be the last batch of cinnamon buns she would be making. I was totally surprised when she brought these, there is a lot of work to them. I don't know how she managed, especially with all the kneading you have to do. I have her secret recipe and a few years ago I got her to go through the whole process with me and yes, believe it or not, since then I made a batch all by myself and they were quite tasty!!

That night my husband, brother, sister-in-law, nephew and I went to the big city of Woodstock to go to a movie. We saw "We Are Marshall". It was very good. I can only imagine what that town went through after that plane crash...so heartbreaking.

The rest of the holidays were spent with me being sick one day (will spare you the details), the in-laws visiting, scrapping with friends (scrapbooking, not fighting!), our friends the Jones' visiting and the year ended with a quiet New Year's Eve at home.

Bring on 2007...I think I'm ready!!