MERRY CHRISTMAS! What a great day, looked forward to by all, no matter your age. It’s a Holy day being the day of the birth of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. But it’s also a day of memories, a way to measure times in our lives as we all have memories of Christmas’s long gone, and those memories will stay with each of us forever. I’m sure everyone one of us can remember a childhood Christmas, a funny event, one where you weren’t home, one at Grandma and Grandpa’s or at least one where they were with you, and so on. So celebrate the day as unless you’re a kid, you know it’s not about the presents but about the day and family and another year passing with the dawn of a New Year right around the corner. We love and miss you all and wish you a Merry Christmas!
Now to the day, I made it to Denver and back by 1 which was pretty good timing. Lori and the boys were walking out the door when I pulled up to take Mojo up the hill. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching Christmas movies and wrapping presents. Around 5 we left for dinner as Lori managed to get us in to Vintage, a French restaurant we’d never been to. We stopped at a friend’s house to drop a bottle or two of wine and then headed over. It was a cute place that when you walked in immediately made you feel as though you were in Paris. The waiters, mostly girls, were all dressed up in cute little French outfits. In Lori’s words, we probably had the best family dinner that she could ever remember. No one was on their phones and we talked and laughed and had a great two hours as a family. Before we went, while Ty was getting ready, he came down and said “smell my chest” to which I did, and then he said “Old Spice, for the manliest men”! Too funny.
We made it home by about 8 pm joking that lucky we didn’t go later, as we were both wiped out. We put on some Christmas movies and began to wind down. At 6 this morning Ty woke us saying Merry Christmas and let us know he put out milk and cookies for Santa Claus. Well he sure did, as he poured a whole half gallon of milk in a giant plastic cup from one of the football games. He then threw away the milk carton so I had to pour some back in a few glasses and put them in the fridge. I also then had to eat a few cookies to help out Santa! Lori and I then, just now, had a cup of coffee and wrapped the last two presents. Ty’s back asleep and so is Jag. It’s snowing and blowing outside and we’re hoping the pass is open so we can get to Denver in a few hours. It’s supposed to snow non-stop until 6 am tomorrow. We’re also worried about getting back up with Mojo being here alone. We might take him with us and he might just have to stay outside at Grandma’s, we’ll see.
So again, Merry Christmas to all, enjoy and indulge in the day as it comes but once a year. Think of years gone by and the great times with family as the older you get the more you realize it’s not things that are important, but the memories. God Bless everyone.