Usually our boss gives us off on Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. This year he was very gracious and gave us off Christmas Eve also and since we get to leave work at 1:30 on Fridays I had a 5 1/2 day long Christmas holiday. And even though I have no one in my life right now I was determined to have a fantastic holiday and I did!
On Friday afternoon I did not do much. On the 22nd I baked, sorry no pictures. I made Oatmeal cookies with white and semi-sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter cookies with kisses on them, sugar cookies, cinnamon toasted almonds and peppermint bark. WHEW!!
On Sunday the 23rd I had my neighbors over for wine and appetizers. They were up from Ft. Lauderdale for the holiday.
Here is William pretending to doze in front of the fire while Alister gives Morgan some loving.
William, Gail and Jill.
Christmas Eve I had my friend Josh back for dinner. He was down in September for dinner and his picture is on a blog post. The tree was lit and the table set.
Since it was Christmas eve, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.
On Christmas morning my son, CJ, and his girlfriend Brooke arrived. After everything was unpacked and their car moved down the mountain due to snow coming,we had lunch then started opening gifts.
Gifts done we relaxed with some wine and appetizers. Brooke fit right in.
CJ relaxing. He took over the fire duties for me and kept us very warm.
Whoa,,,Orca whale watch. This is treadmill incentive for sure.
The morning of the 26th while waiting for CJ and Brooke to get up I took a picture of Christmas Day's empty bottles. They were all very good. I cannot imagine how many bottles there would be if Boo and Tony had joined us. CJ says he would really like to meet Boo and Tony.
For breakfast on the 26th I made a hash brown, egg, sausage and cheese casserole.
After breakfast we played Monopoly. CJ had control and he was killing us. Things quickly went from bad,,,,,,,
To worse,,,,,needless to say Brooke and I got creamed. However Brooke won at Scrabble later that day and I won both rounds of Scattergories (sp).
During the Monopoly game Kele decided that she wanted up on the sofa and since Brooke was sitting in her spot she just wedged her body in behind Brooke.
Wednesday afternoon I got a picture of CJ and Brooke with the tree and the snow in the background. It was Brooke's first white Christmas.
The morning of the 27th I had to go back to work and Brooke and CJ had to head home. Here are the empty bottles from the 26th.
As we said our good-byes we took photos. CJ and Brooke in the snow.
My son and I,,love that man!
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!
