Looking Back - Christmas 2010

You know you might have been completely out of it for the past four months once you realize that you completely skipped blogging about Christmas.

So, since spring has YET to arrive even though it's the 6th of April, I figured I would sneak in a quick Christmas recap. If it makes you nauseous to think back on this past winter, you're not alone. So, feel free to skip this post and think warm, sunny, lazy days of summer thought.

We had a really wonderful Christmas and spread our celebrations out for over a week. We spent the weekend before Christmas at my cousin Amy's house, celebrating with the Richard side of the family. The kids had a blast playing together and opening presents. Some of them were even so generous that they shared a stomach bug. Ah, the memories!

Since our Lewistown celebration was over we were slightly worried that we would be bored on Christmas Eve. However, that turned out to be far from true. We cooked dinner that day for my mom, dad and brothers and had a nice meal together. Soon after, we headed to church where we were blessed to enjoy Christmas Eve service with the Dugan family. We headed straight home afterward to put out cookies and milk for Santa and reindeer food for Rudolph and his crew.

Earl and I must have been more excited than the kids because we were up and dressed before they were Christmas morning. They were thrilled to come downstairs to see what Santa had left for them.

No Christmas morning would be complete without brunch. Soon after we opened all our presents the house was once again filled with more family. They were helpful in opening all those pesky boxes and putting things together while I cooked up the french toast and eggs.

Later that afternoon we headed to Mimi and Pappy Richard's to continue with the festivities and have our annual lobster dinner. It was delicious, as always. We all opened some more presents and then once again headed home tired and ready for bed. We had to prepare for one more round of Christmas the next day with the Landis side of the family!

After all the celebrations I was completely exhausted. Little did I know that there was one giant Christmas surprise still waiting for me that would explain why I was so tuckered out!