So, as it turns out, Adam was right (I hate admitting this, but it seems so often to be the case). Christmas was wonderful! For starters, we got lots of play time in with our niece and nephew,(I am now a Hungry Hungry Hippos Champion) and my best friend Cydney was kind enough to take them out to her barn to ride her horse and play with her miniature ponies and donkey. We had several nights of staying up with Adam's sister and her husband, whom we love very much! Two nights before Christmas, Adam and I snuck out and set up the tree, which no one had brought down yet, which was one of my favorite thing we did all break, a bit like playing elves!
For Christmas Eve, we were invited to Cydney's mother's house, which was really nice. I even tried some of the tofu ribs and have to say, I'm a fan!!! We did Christmas with them there, Candy gave us all the makings of a homemade date via Williams and Sonoma, and a gift card for a night out, it was very sweet. Cyd & Brandon were a bit more adventurous...we both got one of Cydney's famous chocolate dipped pears, and I got my very own....3 dimensional unicorn mug!!! (You know your're jealous!!) Even better, she got Adam an oil diffuser that's a giant dinosaur guarding its eggs....they make me laugh so hard sometimes. Oh! And in keeping with meatetarian v vegetarian t-shirts, the vegetarians gave him a new one from the collection "I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain just to eat lettuce." :) Following my family's tradition, Adam and I made it to midnight mass by ourselves, and then quietly snuck in to the house, knowing we only had a couple hours of sleep before the kids would wake us up with the excitement of Santa's visit. Christmas morning was wonderful, Cynthia and I spent a good deal of time getting ready together in the bathroom, after it always being Ry and me, it's fun to have a big sister now, especially one with a sense of humor! Christmas day had the whole family together and presents being passed every direction, Adam surprised me with gifts from Santa, since we had decided to do gifts for our ever-expanding family instead of each other. Imagine my surprise when there were 3 packages under the tree for me! (Don't worry! I have his too, but am saving them for Christmas at my parent's house!!) I was given my traditional Christmas Nutcracker, since I collect them, and this one was beautiful, and my tallest at two feet! Adam also got me a new Steinbach ornament for our tree, "something a little Irish and a little German, since I missed my family", it was the Irish Steinbach. And last, but not least, he managed to find a Lenox 2008 "Our First Christmas" ornament!!! I was so sad no one had gotten us one last year, but felt silly buying one now, it was absolutely perfect!
The rest of Christmas was spent between the McCulloughs with dinner and games and back at the Owens house, where we taught the games to the rest of the family. I forget until I have moments like Christmas day, how lucky I really am to have such a wonderful and loving family, O'Connells, Fishers, Owens, Elliots and the like! It was a very happy Christmas, and one I'll treasure.
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