So most of the festivities are over around here. I was able to get back to town just in time for the Schrock family Christmas on Saturday. We had everyone except one cousin in attendance. It was pretty impressive. It was great being able to see everyone and I was able to meet a few of the great grandkids for the first time. On Sunday we had lunch together and then did a taffy pull. There were a few batches that didn't turn out quite so great but it was fun and the taffy was tasty. I was also able to go shopping with Catrina and Lincoln in the evening so I was able to get my last minute gift together.
Christmas eve was spent running around and cleaning with Mom. Our family went to the service at church in the evening like we always do. Our neighbor Mertice Miller also joined us and we were all able to catch up. She is our wonderful third grandma. This year Santa brought us all sweaters while we were at church. The whole family spent the night at Mom and Dad's and in the morning we all woke up and opened stockings and presents like usual. We all had a great time together and enjoyed the different gifts. Mom was very excited about the two maple trees that Dad bought her.
Today I worked on putting together the recipe book that I got from Catrina. She printed out a bunch of recipes and gave each of us (Mom, Quinlan, and I) a binder with dividers and page protectors to put the recipes in. Then Mom copied her whole recipe box so now I have close to 100 more to put in the binder. This afternoon I went to Java House and sipped tea while catching up with Kira. After that I caught up with Mom and Quin at Walmart where they were checking out after Christmas sales. We got dozens of candles as usual. We then picked up some pizzas on the way out of town and had Catrina and Joel come over for Dad's birthday. He just wanted to sit around and watch TV so he watched Grumpier Old Men and Christmas Vacation with Quin while the rest of us played Scum. We haven't played that game as a family in years. We had a lot of fun!
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