I'm relaxing with a cup of tea this morning. We were able to celebrate my youngest grandson's fourth birthday with him on the 23rd. He picked hamburgers as our meal, and of course, ice cream cake! Christmas was wonderful. My other grandson had a part in the Christmas program at church on Christmas Eve, so we all sat proudly in church watching him (dressed as a cow in the manger) singing songs. After church we had a wonderful spread of crab dip, smoked salmon, meatballs, crackers, cheese, and all sorts of other goodies. We listened to Christmas music and read "'T'was the Night Before Christmas." The kids left out the cookies we had made the day before for Santa, and ran off to bed. Christmas morning was quiet at first with the monkey bread filling the house with wonderful smells of cinnamon, but after breakfast, the presents called all to the living room, and the quiet went away. What a wonderful time we had with family! I couldn't have asked for a nicer time. We went outside and flew rockets, we played with toys, we read books, we had a beautiful meal staring spiral ham, and the trip home was snowing, but we beat the bad roads. Now all is quiet and others went back to work this morning. I am sitting here alone playing with the iPad that I got for Christmas, and drinking tea I got as a gift from my dear DIL. Life is good, and I have so many things to be thankful for. I hope all of my DC friends had a peaceful and beautiful Christmas too.