Well, Santa finally came. Through the snow and wind and cold. The stockings were hung with care, and things were left by the man in the red suit himself. On Christmas Eve after cleaning most of the day we made chex mix and played a 3 1/2 hour stint of Monopoly. Dad (Slumlord) beat everyone buying up all of the utilities and charging everyone rent, he also owned all of the red and blue properteis with Hotels. Everytime Jessica landed on community chest she wanted to buy it, that was pretty funny too. Chrismas morning came and as the kids get older there is less and less under the tree. The girls both got Nintendo DS's and Josh got a wireless contraption so he can play xbox live with his uncle David. The kids all got the standard in thier stockings New toothbrushes, an orange, candy, hair stuff and cologne. Then I told them to clean up all of the papper and clean up the guest room because that was a mess too. They went in and found the Wii which has been fun to play too.
The roads were iced over so Jeff pulled Brooke behind the four wheeler, I sent her out all outfitted in a helmet and googles only to find out later that her dad told her she didn't need them. He is lucky she didn'd break her kneck. lol
I made some bean dip and we went over to Jeff's mom's house for the remainder of the day. It was fun to visit with cousins that day as they realized that Jaden received a DS too and they were able to IM (Instant Message) each other.
Christmas was wonderful, it was nice to stay home and enjoy spending time with our family. There was a noticable absence with Korrie, Colton and Nate not here. But maybe we will be able to have them spend a Christmas with us soon as they get older and have families of their own.
The day after, (Yesterday) we went shopping to get ready for the Hardy family party on Saturday. We are excited to see the kids. they are coming over tomorrow night.
Happy Holidays,
The Hardy's
