After my back finally quit throbbing (turned out to be sciatica), I had a wonderful time in Boise with the Holsingers. I even managed to get out and do some shopping on Christmas Eve, and go to candlelight service that evening.
Christmas morning was a blast, watching the kids open presents while we looked out on fresh, white snow. Steven got a whole room full of Playmobile toys, and he was one happy boy for the rest of the day. I got Megan a junior sewing machine, and she quickly proved she comes from a long line of seamstresses, as she was stitching straight lines right off the bat. I came home with a suitcase full of little trinkets and big gift cards.
It was 19 in Boise on Friday morning when I left. Flights in and out of Salt Lake City were again running behind due to weather and de-icing every plane before takeoff. I got into Phoenix an hour late.
On Saturday, we all gathered at Brian and Carrie’s for a gift exchange and Honeybaked Ham dinner. Don and Betty were in town and joined us, along with the Balches, Daryl’s family and of course, “Great Grandma”. Lauren was tickled with her new “Miss Pattycake” DVDs, and Nathan couldn’t be bothered opening boxes he knew held clothes, because he was driving his Zero Gravity car up and down the walls.
Pictures are posted here on my gallery. I have a couple of pieces of leftover pie to eat up, and then it’s time to start the dieting.