Holiday Home-Stretch: Coast Mode (12/6-12/25)

From the middle to the end of the Christmas Season, the family and I simply tried to make the most of our days leading up to Christmas. We were doing well....until around December 21st. We hit a little "snag," if you will, as I talked to Ralph on the Big White Phone....while at work, mind you. I don't think Film Geek believed me as I talked to him, and he kept making the "are you just trying to get off the phone with me?" comments. Oh well. I guess he knows now. ;)

The next day, my wife caught the same bug, and we pretty much limped into Christmas. Sorry, sweetie!

Christmas Eve was great. We went to church, came home, and Tristan made sugar cookies with mommy while daddy took pictures. After the boys were in bed, "Santa" worked diligently until 2:30 am to put presents together. When the boys got up the next day and opened their presents, our living room was akin to some warzone you'd see in a movie. Animals, action figures, wrapping paper, and boxes were laying everywhere. My wife and I knew we'd have our work cut out for us during clean-up, but for the time being we simply watched the two boys run from toy to toy (like Randy in A Christmas Story). We knew we'd done a good job, but we were ready for everything to be over with by this time!

That's our Christmas Season. Sorry it's so late, but there you have it!

ps- I took the tree down on December 26th....need to take the outside lights down still, however!