Ty’s Weblog

Merry Christmas everyone!

My group woke up around 8am and we were ready and downstairs by 8:30 to start opening presents.  The kids were quite happy with the stuff that was waiting for them.  Xander got the guitar he’s been obsessing about and Mira got the play house that she has been wanting.  We opened a couple of rounds of presents and then paused to have some country ham biscuits for breakfast.  Then we got back to the presents and finished up around 11:30am.  We all are quite happy with the things we received from our loved ones.  Most of all, Kate and I enjoyed watching the kids faces as they opened each of their presents.  It’s been a great morning and it looks to be a busy and happy afternoon as well.

We have our Christmas Tree up now.  One thing and another has kept us from getting it up before now, but it’s all up and, and the kids observed, “Beautiful!”  The kids had a great time helping us get the tree itself set up yesterday and the ornaments on today.  Kate and I got the lights up last night after the kids were in bed.  It was a lot of fun and it looks great.

We are getting our first snow of the season today.  We kept the kids home from school even though Loudoun hasn’t canceled it yet, for some reason.  We’ve been out and played for a few minutes, but Mira and I are sick, so it was a very quick thing.  Mira was just so excited about catching snow flakes on her tongue that we let her out for 2 minutes to do that.  Kate and Xander stayed out a bit longer and did some shoveling and played a little longer once Mira and I came back in.

You know when you are watching poker on TV and some idiot stays in a pot he should really get out of because he really has nothing and is just playing to a draw, and then he pretty much goes all-in with said nothing, and you are yelling at the TV that he’s an idiot and is going to lose all his money, and then on the river card he gets the card he needs and wins the whole pot?

I am that idiot!

Kate saw 14 trees today.