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Merry Christmas

So it is the day after Christmas and we are cleaning up and recovering.  It was a very busy week with work and the holiday.  We had to do some last minute shopping on Wednesday and Mom came out on Christmas Eve.

We were up early on Christmas Eve to clean the house and so I could get mom.  I had to stop at Meijer to get mom's short grocery list and then it was off to Auburn.  We left her house before 12pm and on our way to our house.  We had a very good visit and mom for the most part was in a good mood.  She even seemed to like the kittens.  She went our of her way to say goodbye to them and give them a kiss.  We also sent her home with a lot of leftovers!

Christmas Fun!

Christmas Love!


Mom wanted to leave just before it got dark so Michelle and I took her home while the boys stayed home and played video games.

Michelle and I got home and we had a little snack. We then retreated to the basement to finish up our Christmas Day preparation.  We did some present wrapping and I put most of the presents in larger boxes to make fewer trips.

We got Brendan ready for bed around 10:30pm.  It took a long time to get him settled in.  Michelle had to stay with him while I moved presents upstairs.  He finally settled in at 12:30am Christmas Day.  Michelle and I showered and we went to bed.

The fun began around 3:30am when Brendan woke us up the first time.  This continued till 6:30am when we decided to get up and open presents with Brendan.  JJ also joined us and we went for about an hour.  Michelle and I then went back to bed.  I got up about 10am and Michelle got up a half hour later.  We then started our preparation for the party at Mom and Dad's.

Michelle's mom had been sick for about a week.  We made a decision to get Panda House (Chinese) to make things easier.  I picked the food up on my way home from mom's on Christmas Eve.  All we had to do was heat the food up in the oven.  We started the party at mom and dad's around 3pm.  It was a lot of fun.

Uncle Leonard and Reuben.

The kids and Micah.

Dawn and Reuben

Dad

The food was really good and took a great deal of stress out of the day.  Brendan was starting to get a little grabby at times.  He started to feel really tired so we headed home around 8pm.  It took a lot of time to get him settled in again.  He did finally go to sleep when we did around 11pm.  He did get a good night sleep.  Unfortunately I did not!

Christmas fun is very tiring!

Today was a lot of clean up and winding down.  We had a few issues this morning but rode out the storm.  It has been a good day.  We are settling in now for the evening.  Tomorrow we are heading to Novi to go to Build-a-Bear Workshop!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas with your families and friends!




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