Christmas Recap

Well, I'm back in the blogging saddle again, at least for the moment. I'll do my best to hit the high points from Christmas and New Years.

The Draney family (Scott's mom's side of the family) always has their Christmas on Christmas Eve. I recapped some of that a few posts ago, but not in great detail. We had some fabulous rotisserie chicken that had been roasted with veggies in the oven. It was simple and out of this world. The Zanders were marvelous hosts, as always. We all got a chuckle when Blane opened his first present, a can of Snoopy hot chocolate, and asked me in a loud voice, "Mom! Do I have any other presidents?" Of course later he realized how great a can of hot chocolate can be! But it was funny that anything without wheels did not spark his immediate interest.

Christmas morning we got up and opened gifts. It's always a pleasure to watch the kids rip the paper off and get excited about their gifts! We then had a nice Christmas brunch and later watched a pay-per-view of Home Alone 2 (the original Home Alone was not available, but the kids got a kick out of it anyway).

Christmas night is always spent at the Uncle Mack and Aunt Chris Harnden's house. We drove to Stillwell (which is now basically south Overland Park) and had a nice meal with Ty and Maddy Harnden, Jeff, Kelley and Tristan Jenkins, Jeff's parents, and of course, the Harnden(s.

On Friday, we picked up Nana and Papa at the airport, who were returning from their Hawaii trip and Christmas Day spent with Jay in Salt Lake. We ate tacos and chocolate pie for dinner (of course!). Saturday night was our Hannukah dinner with the Zanders. We ate brisket, and GF latkes (potato pancakes) with sour cream and applesauce. Mmmm good! Rachel taught the boys to play dreidels for M n' M's. We lit the menorah, listened to the Z's sing Hannukah songs and opened presents. Eight days of presents--how great is that?

Look soon for the Texas Christmas tour!