Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Sorry I'm late, folks. We had a wonderful Christmas here, and I hope you and yours did as well.

Anybody see National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? Well, that's what we did. WE were Cousin Eddie. We managed to pull off the biggest surprise of them all and show up at my mother's house in Georgia totally undetected. It was about 1,200 miles one way, and with 4 kids 2-10, it wasn't easy. But they were troopers.

The plan was to park a few houses away from my mom's and walk to her door, ring the door bell and Christmas carols. I let my stepbrother in on the idea and he was SUPPOSED to make sure all was home after church that day. BUT, my mother INSISTED on going shopping with my sister-in-law, Holly. So, we showed up to a house with my mother absent. But my stepfather was asleep in the living room, and grandmother was home back in her suite. So it was a HUGE surprise to them. My mother finally got home from shopping (poor Holly had a heck of a time getting her to wrap up the shopping and get HOME). Imagine the look of surprise when she rounded the corner of her street and found an RV in the front yard!! LOL!

The surprises just kept happening. I wouldn't let them call my aunt to let her know we were in town (and she was hosting dinner that night). So we fixed some extra food and headed over there. Yup, she was shocked as well.

Christmas Vacation being one of their favorite movies (and some of the neighbors), there was a message on the machine of one wanting to speak to Cousin Eddie. And we couldn't disappoint them. So the next morning, Jeff donned boots over his pjs, put on a camo hat, and a beer, and trudged out to the curb with the un-attached sewer hose, calling to the neighbor who had stepped out to his porch, "Shitter's Full!!". Neighbor said that made his Christmas right there.

The week continued with Christmas eve candlelight services, a party, and of course Christmas morning. Big hits this year: The boys got Guitar Hero III for the PS2 (and it's FUN!!!), High School Musical Sing It for PS2 (it requires microphone and singing. I'll attempt it when school starts back).

And my big gift was a 20" flatscreen monitor for my computer! Very cool!!

We rounded out the visit with a day trip to my father's house (we weren't sure if the camper would make it up his muddy driveway, so we opted not to attempt trying it). Then headed home.

It was a wonderful Christmas. One my family won't soon forget. LOL! I have pictures, but the camera is still in the camper, and I am procrastinating unloading anything but essentials. haha!!