Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas!!  I hope you all had as nice of a Christmas as I had today.  After sleeping over at my sister's place, we went to my parents' house.  There we opened presents like we were still five years old.  I think it's still funny that our family still abides by the tradition of gathering around the tree, my sister and I taking turns unwrapping gifts.  Of course, the presents have changed over the years and I can't help but feel like my parents are just doing too much.  I mean, I'm almost thirty now.  I feel like one gift would be more than enough.  Nevertheless, they got Dave and me a nice picture frame with a wedding photo in it, a beautiful ornament commemorating our first Christmas together, and a membership to the Museum of Science.  I also received an evergreen sweater and some other nice gifts as well.  

My sister, Ben, Dave, and I got together to buy my mother her ornaments and my dad hockey skates.  Laura and Ben want to build an ice rink the way my dad used to when we were little.  Laura bought Ben a pair of skates, then bought a second pair which she decided to gift to Dave instead.  I'm really excited that he now has a pair of skates because now we can go skating together.  The past couple of times we've gone to the rink he's had to rent skates which have always left him feeling super uncomfortable and in pain.  Dave's gift to me was the highlight.  He completely surprised me with a kindle.  I'm super excited about it.  He's going to download books on it for me too. 

The coolest part of the day was hanging out with my grandmother and teaching her how to use a computer.  She is super sharp.  I can only hope that I'm half as quick as she is when I'm her age.  From her experience as a typist, she is already better at typing than many people I know.  Of course, the spacing between the keys on a laptop are very different than those on a typewriter and that threw her off and frustrated her a bit but she caught on super quickly.  We showed her how to use e-mail and created a Facebook page for her.  Dave even gave her a link to my blog here (hi grandma!).  She was cautioned that is not a organized, well-written, or entirely optimistic place of writing for me.  Hopefully she won't become too upset or think any less of me after reading this. 

Overall, another wonderful Christmas had by our family.