We always spend Christmas Eve with Jed's family in Pauls Valley, and it is always a good time. What changed things up the most this year was that instead of drawing names for a gift exchange we just played Dirty Santa with $100 limit! It was so fun. The presents were great. Some of the things up for grabs were a panini press, a food saver, a blue ray player (Jed got it), a Kindle (me!), a really cool iHome, and a number of other things. It quickly turned into quite a vicious game as everything started getting stolen. But it was the most fun Dirty Santa I have ever played! Karis and Keller are the only two grandchildren right now, so they had tons of presents to open. Karis is seven, so she has the present thing down. Keller, not so much. Though his birthday gave him good practice, he was a little slow at opening presents tonight. But once he got the hang of it. He was on a roll! His first present were these finger crayons... that he proceeded to stack over and over and over again ...
Life is wonderful. Life is messy. Sometimes it's great. Sometimes it's no so great. Thoughts on life from a wife, a mom, a teacher, a woman who tries to keep it all together.