Happy Christmas folks.. it was a fun and easy day for us.. We  stayed  and  in the house the entire day and hung out as a family which was wonderful. We didn’t see another soul all day. . ,.. and .. we’re all still in our pajamas.  !

Sam was on all our minds all day.. we kept his lantern lit through the day.. His nme came up all the time..It’s still amazing to us  that he’s not here…   It gets more real every year.. days like Christmas drive that home.

We spent a really slow and sweet morning exchanging gifts.. we started around 8:30 and didn’t end unitl about 1 The dogs really made out. Chai managed to sneak some stuff out of her stocking when we weren’t looking..   Then the girls had fun fighting over some of their new toys.

We took a short reak for brunch.. seems like we were eating all day !

Before we knew it.. it was dark.. Gabe reminded us that we had a tree to decorate outside.. We do it every year for the animals.  This year we had a bunch of bread that folks had donated to the Richmond foodshelf.. that they were not able use.  We also put out cereal and nuts.. It’s a great tradition.. one of the main parts is to keep our dogs from eating the stuff as we decorated.

One of my favorite parts of the day was hanging out in my santa cap all day.. Here’s my new faceook profile pic..

and here’s me as the real thing.. not far off the mark.. no ?

ok.. it’s 9:30.. and we’re all about to fall asleep.. now that’s a nice day. Hope you all had a great day, too..

nite everyone.. good nite sam.. we miss you so much my son.. happy christmas

-me