It was a great white Christmas but it's finally over! We had a great holiday with my mom and dad. It was quiet and Olivia seemed to have fun.
We started the day early and headed over to my parents house. Olivia was very excited to discover Santa brought her some lottery scratchers in her stocking.
We continued with Mimosa's and breakfast and soon followed with presents. Olivia opened her first Christmas present and was excited to find an "Olivia" stationary set.
Everyone received great gifts. Phil's favorite gift was his Grand Marnier and mine was the Nintendo DS with Animal Crossings. Nick is hard to buy for but I think he enjoyed his gift certificate to Ghengis Grill and his jeans. My mom was surprised, as were the rest of us, with a cruise through the Panama Canal. Her and my dad are planning that for April. And we don't want to leave out Grace. She got the pedi-paws. We finished the day with a fabulous dinner prepared by our favorite chef, Chef Nono.
Christmas continued the next day with the arrival of Phil's parents and sisters. His older sister came from Chicago and it was nice she got to spend time with Olivia. Things have definately changed since she saw her in June. We opened more presents and enjoyed dinner out.
The celebration continued on Saturday with a prime rib dinner with my family. It is always great to have everyone together to celebrate the holidays.
LOTS of money was spent on Sunday while we shopped our butts off. All the money we received for gifts, was gone. We got some great things at great prices though.
Everyone left on Monday. Veronique went back to Chicago and Phil's parents headed back to Elko. Everyone made it home safe and sound.
Until next year........
