It's been a wonderful Christmas so far. I'm grabbing an hour to myself to sit and relax and sip a cup of the most yummy Creme Brulee coffee my eldest, Kayte and her partner Nicole, treated me to (they know my love of good coffee *drool*)

All the kids enjoyed their gifts this year I think. We're a very blessed family that everyone's in great health, employed, busy at school and having an all around good year.

Mike and I treated ourselves to a small HDMI LCD wide screen tv so I'm really enjoying that (and the DVR thing....how cool to be able to record things so easily and pause live tv...wow!). We also got a really nice smoker/roaster thing which is currently cooking our Christmas bird and it smells GOOD! A new digital coffeemaker so I can wake up to the smell of my beloved coffee was much appreciated!

Lots of other neat stuff....DVD's, little special gifts but the best gift of all is just the smiles and hugs and the love that's always there, but even more so on this one special day of the year.

The very best of the season to all of you.

P.S. Anyone want to guess how high a 46 year old woman can jump when trying to avoid being run over/tripped by the two new RC cars Mikey received this year? Apparently it's hilarious to roar a car at me from the evil giggles I'm hearing! For some reason I think older brother Luke and daddy Mike will enjoy racing them down the long center hallway too! Gawd help me trying to get to my kitchen to check the turkey when I now apparently live in a racetrack! LOL