Well, Santa has outdone himself once again. Abby & Ty had another wonderful Christmas & I was treated like a queen by my husband. We had gifts o' plenty. We were missing our family though. Every year we travel to NY to be with all manner of relatives, hauling suitcases & gifts through airports or fighting the traffic on the I-495 beltway around DC. This year we opted to stay here, at our new home in NC. It was very relaxing spending a leisurely morning opening presents in our pjs and having a late breakfast still wearing our slippers.
No dinners to rush off to, no schedule to keep. We were going nowhere and had all day to get there. It was a nice change of pace. Unfortunately for Tim, a bit of duty called & he had to run to the hotel for a while in the afternoon to manage some minor disaster but it wasn't too bad.
Ty was overwhelmed by all the gifts including a shiny new bicycle from Santa! He is already an expert at whizzing down the hill in front of our house & I'm sure he will have those training wheels off by springtime. Abby got lots of clothes & gadgets befitting a teenager and was very happy with everything. Santa brought Tim some camping equipment that he can use when he goes off to his BBQ comptetitions this spring & I was treated royally to everything I put on my wish list and more!!!
This seems like a great time to count all of our blessing and remember how fortunate we all are for our families, our friends and all the trappings of the good life. Happy New Year!!!!
