Awake: 7:55am Temp 29 sleep 7+32 rain…all day overnight @
Indiana, PA.
“Merry Christmas to all!” K & I visit the Foote home early (10:00 am)
where everyone is up & being casual. The gang all had egg omelets for
breakfast so when we arrived, there were (3) eggs left & Kathy quickly
created an omelet for us before those remaining eggs disappeared.
The stockings were hung by the fireplace with care knowing there would be
no heat coming from there. The candy inside would certainly not melt so
the kids could have their share then loosen their belt.
Opening the Christmas presents began @ 11:50am. Matthew & Katrina passed
out a more reasonable amount of gifts than last yr. Matthew remained cool,
calm & collected during these tense & excited times for the adults. As the
paper wrapping flew off the packages & the gifts herein exposed
themselves, it was obvious to the most casual observer that the only
things that the junior railroad engineer was interested in was: getting
BRIO train pieces & more track. A few of his packages did contain more
BRIO units to further expand the most ultimate Brio train track ever built
in this 1921 home.
In no time at all Zack, one of the two assistant engineers hired by
Matthew, began to lay out a new & more refined train track plan than ever
before attempted. This project took most of the afternoon to construct,
test & modify. Pictures, we have pictures!
Meanwhile little Jerry was busy entertaining just about all of us with his
infectious smile & enthusiastic mannerism. He is such a cutie; so tuned in
to all the activities nearby. Andrew unfortunately, was not feeling well &
needed his mommy most of the day.
Besides this entire electrified atmosphere in the living room, there are
wonderful things also happening in the kitchen: K & K (Kathy & Kevin) are
working feverishly with the turkey dinner preparations.
3:20 Christmas dinner: Turkey and stuffing with gravy, mashed potatoes,
sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, asparagus with cheese sauce, and
cranberry sauce.
The traditional early evening showers/baths were preformed by the Foote
management team while Kathy & I cleaned up the dishes & kitchen as it was
our turn. Luckily tough Kathy had the tenacity to carry on.
Early evening: with Nick’s assistance, I upload my digital memory stick
pictures to my hard drive & then erase the contents of that memory stick.
Later evening, we play Katrina’s new Christmas gift game: “Boxers or
Briefs.” Then even later, the game of “Stare,” which I really like…and
guess what…I won!
High temp=47 Lights out: 12:34am
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