Christmas day!

This Christmas has been about the best ever. I can't think of any gift more precious than having my family home with me. We know that we won't be together again for at least two more years, so it has been a tender time for us.

My boys had quite the experience getting home. They were stuck in Minneapolis for 7 hours waiting for a flight. They were supposed to arrive around 6:30 pm and didn't actually come until 10 pm. After getting luggage and driving home it was nearly 1 am before we saw them. Christmas Eve was a day of waiting, waiting, waiting. Apparently the plane wasn't ready, then the crew wasn't there, then the captain wasn't there. When they finally got in the air the captain decided to make amends for the long wait by giving free vodka to everyone. Hmmm, what a treat.

Here are the kids choo chooing down the stairs:

Some random photos of gift opening:

We finished off the day with a big dinner: