What Happened??

Okay, I remember baking gooey butter cakes for our contractor and our friends the C's - then we were all packed up and ready to go for the next day to STL to celebrate the holidays and then.................well, today is the day after Christmas! What happened??? The whole thing was a Giant WHOOOSH! Actually, I do remember it all - yet still it went by faster then a speeding bullet and left us all so tired that Babers is taking his second nap of the day (something he gave up a few months back). I am pretty sure we saw every living person in St. Louis, MO. From Saturday morning when we dropped Jakey off at the doggie spa we didn't stop. We went to my dads to drop off our stuff and pick up gifts we had stashed there - we then went to BigGuys sisters to celebrate with his dads side of the family - then we went to my moms to help her buy a computer - then we went to my dads for the night. Sunday we went to St. Margaret of Scotland for church, saw friends, went to our friends the G.'s for brunch and were joined by our other grands, Nona & Popo - stopped by there house after to open some presents and give some present - our friends the B's popped in for a sec. - then were went back to the G's to get my camers (oops) and back to BigGuy's sisters for a celebration with his moms side of the family. Our Aunt & Uncle were in from the Czech Rep. with CuznC - so that was an extra treat. Stayed there until 10pm and then headed back to my dads to pass out in the bed. Up the next day for a celebration with my dad and family and then on the road by 2:30 to head back home to IL. We wanted to spend the holiday in our home so as not to confuse Santa anymore then he might be due to our move. We know he is smart, but we were concerned - although the bigger concern was how would we fit all that stuff into our car!!! As it was we came up with our gifts in a simple medium size box that fit between the front and middle seat. We went home hauling AuntB's family travel top on our van and the whole thing packed, the van packed and basically feeling like Santa's sled at about bursting capacity. Our friends the C's had a great surprise waiting for us - they left food, chocolates, cookies and wine for us so we didn't have to worry about an evening meal - along with picking up Jakers from the spa (and paying because we spaced it). They are Christmas Angels. Amazingly we unloaded the car and had it all put away before the kids went to bed - promptly at 7:30 because they wanted Santa there soon - except they kept coming down to tell us to go to bed, we were impeading Santa's arrival - only we couldn't do our sneaky stuff with them checking on us every few minutes. So it took quite some time. The next morning everyone was up at 6am - but waited until 6:30am. Santa was good to us all - my mom popped in by 10:30am (another Christmas Angel - she was in the car driving more then she was at our house). It was an all day pj day although they were brand new pj's so it was like getting dressed. Still - comfy and fun. Then we did some more presents and we had a casual feast of ham, agratin potatoes, sweet potato casserole, salad and cranberries. Yum. Then Granma headed home and we hit the couch to watch The Simpson's Movie (BigGuy got it for Christmas).

In all it was a Very Merry Christmas. How was yours?