We had another nice day today. I spent the morning making the sticky buns and apple pie. They look great! The kids were pretty good and Jon had a chance to do a bunch of cleaning while I baked. I didn't get anything prepared in terms of real food for tomorrow, but should be okay. Just have to mix together the cheesy potatoes and sweet potatoes. As usual I do need to sit down and figure out a timing schedule for everything, but likely in the morning. Jon even remembered to charge the video camera today!
This afternoon Michelle and Brian came over for a nice visit. Miraculously, both children slept until nearly 3pm. We all shared the birthday cake, which turned out pretty well. I think I'll skip the almond extract next time though, because it was very strong! Then the kids provided entertainment until it was time to go to church. It was really nice to see Michelle and Brian and now that we're closer I'm hoping to see them more often.
We went to the 4pm family mass, which was different than when I was growing up. They moved the children's play portion to before the official mass and the homily was fairly long. As usual, the church was packed and we ended up sitting on the floor in the vestibule, which was okay for the kids. Next year we'll go earlier though and hopefully they'll be old enough to actually sit through mass. And once Carolyn starts Sunday school next fall hopefully we'll start to know some other people involved at the church as well. It's going to be nice to be settled into one town. We came home and had our usual special dinner, looked at the Norad Santa tracker, read the Christmas story book, then the kids put out the milk, cookies, and carrots. They put a bunch out, so we warned them Santa might not eat it all. I already had a couple things though. Jon is wrapping some of the presents now while I keep watch for opening doors. Luckily Carolyn is bad with being quiet when she leaves her room. I am really looking forward to the look on their faces tomorrow morning. They each will only have 7 things to open, but they're all things we know that will get played with. Plus we know others will spoil them! Looking forward to the big crazy day tomorrow and then a quiet time at home before we head to AZ. Great end to 2012.
Looking forward to the many blessings that God has in store for us this week! Merry Christmas to all.
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