'Twas the Night Before

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature under 10 was stirring in the house. All the adults were stirring. Some in the kitchen, some under the tree and another were still driving down to our house.

It was a fun and busy Christmas Eve. It started with a trip to the auto body shop because our car was having issues. Water is leaking into the back lift gate. This was caused by the accident. Hopefully everything is functioning properly now.

Damon's mom and I were in the kitchen baking for our family Christmas party tomorrow. She is a trooper. She worked all day in the kitchen. I hope we didn't wear her out. We had yummy clam chowder for dinner. Damon and I ran over to one of my piano student's houses so I could play a Christmas duet with her during her family's Christmas program.

After we came home we had our Christmas program. It was fun to do now that the kids are old enough. We sang songs, played the piano, did some readings, Nana and Papa shared stories from their Christmas's on the islands. It was really nice.

When it was bedtime, Lily, who was so exhausted by the end of the day, got a second wind and was so excited that Santa was coming. She was running around telling everyone to be good and quiet. She got the cookie plate out with the cookies on it. She set them by the fireplace and got into bed. She wouldn't settle down though so I had to stay with her until she fell asleep. It was funny to see her like that. The boys went to sleep right away. Damon and I were able to sneak a way for a nice long walk. Damon's sister, Dara, finally arrived from Salt Lake after 10pm.

Now everything is ready for a perfect Christmas morning. Hopefully Adam's cough won't be anything serious. He is sitting outside right now with Damon breathing in some cold night air. That usually calms down his inflamed throat.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!