2016: We woke the girls so they could rush in the house and start Christmas off early. Coffees in hand, we watched them open presents. Socks and underwear for the adults. :D Jim and Norma loved their sketch of the nieces. Matt's extended family came over and we had breakfast for lunch in the basement. Played the doubles-dice game to tear open the gift package ball. Estel stayed after everyone left and watched the girls open their chromebooks. Spent the rest of the day hanging out at the house - delicious ham dinner and lots of fun together.
2017: Worke fairly early and started cooking. Bullet cookies and popped the hamin the crock pot. Then opened our stockings (book and chocolate for Ashley,chocolates and notebooks for me.) Made Finnish carrot casserole, chocolatecrinkles, German potato salad, and egg butter to go with the rice pies.Delicious lunch and entirely too much food! Went for a quick stroll aroundthe neighborhood while waiting for the timer to go off and then a longerhike on the trails on Animas Mountain after eating and calling/face-timingfamily. Fabulous day!
2018: Slept in late, enjoyed coffee while opening gifts. Lots of great goodies!Fire gloves and wood carrier, licorice, chocolate, and a bathrobe fromAshley. Blanket, sheets, towels and house-hold stuffs from Norma, plus amulti-tool and couple of razor blade knives (so glad I didn't buy one formyself for the shop)! Blanket and a candle from Stephanie and Philip.Stayed inside all day, reading a bit and watching movies and eating andgenerally just hanging out. Ham in the crockpot with some baked asparagusand potatoes for supper. Delish! Made a small batch of gluggi for aftersupper.
2019: Christmas day! Ashley was up off and on all night, but I was able to get alittle more sleep. So I woke up at normal time, built a fire, made coffee,and once Lily was done with breakfast I took her downstairs so that Ashleycould sleep undisturbed for a bit. She got a few hours in and woke on herown, waking a bit before Lily. We spent the day at home - opened stockingsand chatted with family. I shoveled snow (there were about 4 inches on theground in the morning) and moved cars around, got mail (a couple ofChristmas cards and a gift from Tobey - a watercolor of our house withAshley and I in front of it), and I took care of a few chores. Laundry andmade chili and such. Ashley had made dough for chocolate crinkles on Sundaynight to cook Monday, but we rushed off to the hospital so it's still inthe fridge. We headed off for an early bedtime, really tired.
2020: Christmas! Ashley, Lily and I woke early and opened our gifts. Ashley lovedher new mini-house house number and we got it hung up in the evening. Wespent the day hanging out and cooking and eating. Prime rib, twice bakedsweet potatoes, sous vide carrots (the first experiment), deviled eggs,etc. Mom, Lily and I walked down to the beaver lodge at the lake and back.Read for quite a bit, as well.
2021: Christmas! Lily woke early. We spread presents across the day - startingwith Stockings. Lots of chocolate and tea and some socks for Ashley and I.Lily and Ashley both got new PJs. Some fun toys for Lily. After her nap webundled up and headed over to Dan and Kari's for a couple of hours. Homeand reading before bed.
2022: Christmas day! We opened stockings and presents, had breakfast, and hungout for the day. Lily's head was all stuffed up so we didn't do much. Lilygot some toys and books. Ashley got some chocolate, socks, and a new seatfor her bicycle. I got chocolate and licorice, and the family got the Zingogame. We chatted with Norma and Britt briefly. Lily didn't nap (but I did).Italian beef sandwiches for supper. Ashley slept on the couch to be able tocheck on Lily throughout the night.
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