Christmas Trip - Day 3

The kids woke up at around 0800 and we opened Christmas presents.  Mollie was glad with the stocking items I’d gotten and Katie made the experience very special with even more gifts.  Afterwards, Mollie and Ella cooked a Christmas breakfast and Katie read us the Christmas Story.  Later, we watched Christmas movies until it was time to make the big Christmas Dinner.  Mollie and Ella cooked a lot and had a great time making things tasty.  We ate with Katie and her family and had a fun time with Aria's dog (Storm) and the cats.  After gorging ourselves, we spent the afternoon relaxing (Mollie played card games with the family while I read).  As if they hadn't already made enough food (!), Mollie and Ella made sausage and cheese balls as a snack.  It was very rainy most of the day but I was able to take a walk at around 1600. Mollie made several calls to her mother and sisters.  Meanshile, the rest of the family ate some more food and went back in the hot tub (1800).  At around 1930, Mollie went with Johnny to fish for trout (in the dark!.  When they came back (almost two hours later), she said she’d had a great time.  The rest of the evening was spent with calls to my family (Dad, Carolyn) and planning for the next day.  I went to bed at 2200 but Mollie stayed up later again.