We had a nice California visit with all three kids and two partners until the week prior to Christmas. E went home to be with her family and the actual day was shared with M&KC, B&S.

Gifts were fun. This is what happens when both the purchaser and Amazon make a mistake:

4lbs of giant Reese’s peanut butter cups.
B&S spoiled me with a glimmery set of Iuile watercolours.

We had been watching the weather after the state was hit with torrential rain, planning a picnic brunch for Christmas Day. The morning’s weather report:

What it actually looked like:

Alas, it burned off by late morning and off to the lake we went.



Dinner was turkey and a veggie Wellington made by S. Poor girl cooked her own vegetarian main course, but there were plenty of sides and we all were suitably impressed by her effort.


It was a full and enjoyable day.

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