Joyful Transformation

Christmas has been so much fun this year. Most of you will want to skip this post, it is just to help me remember...

Friday David and I went to see King Kong.....my recommendation, save your money. But we had a good time. We then went home and loaded the treadmill we had bought for Derek & Mary (per their request) and delivered it to them after we grabbed some dinner. (We had delivered Joe and Diana's space heater they requested last week). Matthew was asleep so we proceeded home to wrap gifts.

Saturday afternoon we gathered at my mother-in-laws for food, fun, and gifts for the kids. Matthew was so excited. Every gift held his undivided attention untill we could get him interested in the next. We enjoyed some good family time and everyone oohhed and ahhed over Diana's growing belly.

Then we came to our house. Matthew scored big here. When he was trying to "ride" on his tool bench, we got out his John Deere riding toy. This was perfect. He rode it while opening his other gifts with his new chain saw. Oh, he had so much fun and we had a blast watching him.

The other "hit" gift was an automatic plastic BB gun we got for Joe. He and Derek had to go outside in the rain and shoot. Then they started shooting each other. They were having a blast.
(these plastic BB's are fairly harmless).

Today we went to my Mom's for a wonderful meal and more gifts. Of course Joe had brought the gun. After he and Derek had tested it in the daylight, Derek came in and shot Mary in the rear. She was set for retribution and we took the show outside. Derek offered to let her shoot him in the stomach. Mary didn't have the heart for this and asked him to turn around and she shot him in the rear. But Derek persisited. He turned around and held up his shirt providing her a large target. Fearing shooting too low Mary took the high road, but ended up nailing Derek in the pinkie where he was holding his shirt up. Derek was sure he was going to die and Matthew was unhappy with the whole process. However the rest of us was hysterical with laughter and were totally unsympathetic to the guy who "asked" to be shot.

All in all a fun and laughter filled Christmas. Matthew's cutest phrase is "Ho, Ho, Ho" and his cutest habit is crying for his Mimi. He has truly been a blessing.