What a wonderful holiday! First we went to Granny and Grandpa's house for our usual family get together on Saturday. This was special because we started the kids table again with little Katy and her even newer cousin Gabe! It was great fun to pass them around and eat the spinach and artichoke dip that Bonnie made along with all the other goodies. Oh, yeah, and we opened some presents, of course.

Sunday morning Greg and I went off to church to visit our old friends and really enjoyed the orchestra and the choir and the singing of the old carols. After church we went to the Melodee for a neat Christmas Eve lunch with Melanie and Granny and Grandpa. Then it was off to Columbus to catch up with Brian and Emily and Katy.

Christmas morning was a bit disjointed since Katy only lasted through two presents before she needed a nap to recover from her travels. So we unwrapped the rest of the big people gifts and ate waffles and waited for her to wake up. She eventually did, and she managed to get the rest of her stuff out of the wrapping paper. She actually played with some of it, too! The rest of the day we chilled out. Emily and I went for a walk in the rain and then Melanie joined us in the kitchen to cook the first Christmas dinner---or any dinner---in the new kitchen! And it was delicious! Cornish hens and sweet potatoes and stuffing and corn and the best pie you could ever taste. Brian and Greg even carried Melanie's bookcase over to her place and put it together after dinner. We then fell into bed exhausted.


Tuesday saw Brian and Emily and Katy off to visit cousins in Cincinnati while Greg and Melanie and I scooted off to Pittsburgh---again in the rain. But it has been a great holiday with lots of fun and hugs and food. What a truly great time it has been. Tomorrow, back to work. Hope I remember what I do there . . . .