We made a last minute decision to go to Eagle for Christmas. Since George was keeping a careful watch on the weather we decided to leave on the 23rd after his 8:00 pm meeting and drive to LeGrande to spend the night. We beat the snow storm across the Blue Mountains and only had this little bit of snow on Christmas Eve morning as we continued on to Eagle.
Christmas morning we woke up to a 'White-ish' Christmas!
For the first time ever we had our gifts under the Gaudi tree that Matt had inherited from Aunt Tammy! It was perfect!
The stockings that Grandma Montgomery made years ago gave us a touch of tradition!
Matt and Scott got the requested winter attire...even though Matt decided to return his!
Mary and Mark continued their perfect gift for the brothers of gift cards but this year with a twist....they were in puzzle boxes that had to be solved to open! Happy to report that both of them managed to get to their cards without tearing the boxes apart!
Keeping with the clever gift theme...Mary and Mark gave George these fun Lord of the Rings pez dispensers. The boys are hoping that in 30 years they will be worth a fortune!
Matt made a very difficult tangram for George. It is called a stomachion and has many possible solutions. These two worked on it for quite awhile and finally were successful!
George did it on his own after we got home. Another success!
We ate our traditional breakfast pizza. Can you tell which part is for our vegetarian Scott?
Jackson got a new toy.
I think he likes it!
I realized that there is not one picture of me from that day! I had a good Christmas too! One of my favorite gifts was a sweet note from Matt and Scott. Along with the note was my ticket from the first Barça soccer game I attended at the Camp Nou. They found it in a box and gave it to me. It is from a game in 1999 I think! Very thoughtful! Mary and Mark gave me Downton Abby cookbook so I can cook all the Crawley family favorites just like Mrs. Patmore! Maybe the "Earl of Grantham's Green Turtle Soup"????
We missed Mary and Mark and Mónica and Johnny but it was still a wonderful Christmas!
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