It was very relaxing ....

Christmas Eve with home made pizza and then games.

This was the scene shortly before I went to bed Christmas Eve.

For the first time in our married life, no gifts were opened Christmas Eve.

We waited ..... while we indulged ourselves in sweets.

 We had breakfast/brunch at about 10:00 on Christmas morning

and then hit the gifts about 11:00 a.m.

I didn't get any pictures of the wrapping paper laden floor,

it still looked the same as it always has.

We then had Ryan & Amber with family and Shane, Liz & Jade over for a

dinner of ham and the fixins.

Delicious with plenty of game playing and visiting afterward.

If the dreams and plans of some in our household hold true ...

this may not happen again for awhile.

Today is Monday and the 4th day in a long weekend for me ... which means ....

Laundry

Christmas tree out the door

Banking

Pay those electric bills

Post Office (found more Christmas cards!)

Labs and mammogram

Spruce tree needle vacuuming (do they ever end?!)

More laundry (where does it come from?)

Kids to work

Paint with Tia (it has been a long time since the caps came off the watercolor paint tubes)

Leave the rest of the Christmas things up to enjoy them.

Happy Monday!