Day 1947. Finally Christmas! The kids were so excited, so that there was no sleeping in for me. They wanted to open the last door in their advent calendars and got to open them all, and they had three each plus one with books that Grandma had given them. I had received a notification last night that a package was waiting at the post office for pickup.

Day 1946. I went to bed late, as usual, and was hoping to sleep in as we didn't have to go anywhere. Of course the kids were up early, and by 10:30 Randy got me out of bed so he could go to the grocery store. The kids then were all around me, wanting me to get up, and Sammy wanted to watch videos of themselves, when they were little, as did Tammy who was also sitting on my bed.

Day 1945. After a very short night, the kids were up early. I went back to sleep after they had gotten up. At 8:45 my alarm went off, and I got up to get ready for us to leave the house. Randy and Sammy left the house before us, just after 9 am. They had to pick up a book from somebody's home; a Christmas present.