¡Feliz Navidad!

Nothing gives you greater joy than bringing somebody else happiness. Especially when it's your own child. Kai was still more interested in the wrapping paper than in the presents. Shocker.

We started with our tradition of eggs benedict on Christmas morning. ¡Qué delicioso! I'm getting better at making it for larger groups of people - although, the yolks still cooked semi-solid. :( How do the restaurants do it?! It was accompanied by my favorite home-made hot chocolate.

After breakfast, we opened presents. Kai's favorite present from Santa was a stack of wooden peg puzzles. It kept him occupied for about three minutes. :) Later that day, the Jones family Christmas extravaganza ensued. Grandpa and Grandma Jones really know how to one-up Santa. Presents EVERYWHERE! It's fun to watch the grandkids go wild opening up their gifts. Everything from books to flying, screaming monkey slingshots. You never know what may lurk inside that box. Kai's favorite gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Jones were his stuffed dog and his Skippy Jon Jones board books. Should be fun again next year. :)

New Year's eve was quiet, simple, and deranged. We stayed up watching the Twilight Zone marathon....again. :) Our favorite one was "To Serve Man": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29. We missed the countdown and everything. Next year we'll try to pop a bottle of Martinelli's and kiss at midnight, but we'll probably end up watching the Twilight Zone again. It wasn't on purpose either time, but we've done it two years in a row now. It just goes to show how well-matched Jaren and I are. We love spending time together. :) As a new year's resolution, we're hoping to be more consistent with our family home evenings.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a prosperous and blessed new year!