Christmas Eve

Christmas got off to a fabulous beginning yesterday.  We went to my grandmother's and everyone, with the exception of a cousin who has been assigned working Sundays, was able to be there.  The great-grandkids range in age from 17 to my little one who is almost 9.  It's so neat to watch the "kids" all interact and hang out.  It just doesn't seem possible that they've all grown up so fast.  I especially loved watching Catherine and Thomas who still get so excited about every gift they open, and who just can't believe that even Great-Grandma knew exactly what they wanted.  Robert was equally pleased with his gift this year because Grandma added extra cash to his since he had fewer gifts...the teenagers are tough to buy for!  We then came home and watched movies that had been presents and hung out some more.  And of course, Thomas had to put together his new Lego set he had received.  Today will be a rather quiet day, although we'll meet up with some friends for church later on, and we'll hand out the kids' gift from out of towners this morning so they can enjoy them.  Christmas is just so magical!!!!