What day is it? It's Christmas Day!

YAY!  Christmas Day is here!  I had fun putting out treats and goodies around the kitchen.  Deb brought many canisters of different flavored Stephen's hot cocoa which was so fun.

Traditional breakfast!  Egg nog and pumpkin pie! We got up about 7:00 or so?  Then had breakfast.

During our stay we had fun playing foosball and pool table. There was also a single arcade game and a theater room.

I didn't get many pictures of Christmas Day sadly.  Steph made stuffed blueberry french toast for brunch and Deb had nachos for dinner.  That afternoon Lee and I went running, others went on a hike.  Lee and I went swimming with our kids and enjoyed the hot tub as well.

Tired parents!

Hanging out with the family in the pool.  I loved that this house had an indoor pool--that is why we chose it. To backtrack, we met with our kids upstairs and talked about what we each did for Christmas.  We didn't give our kids any presents but gave them money to do some sort of service.  I think I wrote about them earlier, what they each did.  It wasn't as grandiose as I thought the experience of giving would be.  But it was neat because Clark told me how that he realized that he could have a great Christmas evening without receiving gifts from us. I loved that he told me that.  I didn't realize this till I was an adult!  Lee and I chose a couple of times to not give presents to each other because we didn't have the money.  Funny enough Lee and I have decided indefinitely to not give each other presents for Christmas.  I heard Rachel Cruze talk about how she and her husband decided to do that.  I thought it was a great idea. I feel blessed that we can buy what we need and want throughout the year.  We still do birthday presents.

People worked on a puzzle throughout our stay.  It was funny because Deb and Maggie worked on the last few pieces.  When they were done they were missing one.  Lee walked buy and stuck in in the puzzle.  He had been hanging on to it the whole time, waiting for them to put the puzzle together. We also watched A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart.

   Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!  It's always sad when the day comes to a close.  And we can't wait for it to come around again! I am sure that makes it more special.