Merry Christmas 2011

We had a very nice Christmas. Christmas Eve, Mom, Dad, Hazel, Luke, Alicia and the kids and I had dinner at my house. Luckily, everyone was starving to death and that makes my cooking more bearable. We had Italian beef, baked potato cheese soup, tortilla pinwheels, cheeseball, salsa, taquitos, chips and dips, veggie tray, shrimp, meatballs and lots of desserts from chocolate silk pie to fruit pizza. We got Hazel a little Christmas birdhouse, calendar (she always wants one), old fashion soup bowls and soup mixes.
Christmas morning we opened our gifts. I surprised Randy for the second time in 22 years with a new iPhone 4S and Otterbox. He also got Illini tickets. He got me a new shark steamer for the floors (yea!!!), iTunes card and a new bible. I cleaned the floors right after breakfast. Luke got a bunch of clothes, iTunes, P90X, video games, noise reducing headphones and movies for the portable DVD player that Aunt Alicia gave him. He also got SIU-C sweatpants. Yeah!
We had a wonderful meal at Alicia's house last night. Her house was beautiful. This was the year of the Keurig. I bought one for Mom and Dad, but Chrissy sent them one too. So Mom and Dad's became Alicia's and mom bought one for me. We all bought each other boxes of coffee pods. My Keurig is red and I love it. Brewed coffee last night...probably why I am up right now, but no problem with that. Getting ready to head to Disney and Coronado Springs. We are driving which should be a real adventure. I am praying that we have a good trip. My baby dog is being taken care of while I am away. Mom, Dad and Alicia will house sit and John is taking care of the rest. Shadow is in good hands. So I am very happy about that.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too. God is so good to us. Blessed beyond measure and so very thankful.