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Merry Christmas! A day late!

We have been so busy with family stuff this Christmas that I have obviously not posted in awhile. Hope you and yours had a good holiday!

Our festivities began last Friday when Chad's sister Jana came to town. Here's how the weekend went:

Friday night -
Dinner at Moonshine with Karen, Jim, Jana, and Jay
Hung out at Chad's mom's house

Saturday -
10 mile run at 8am
wrapped presents and finished last shopping
went to the Billings Family Christmas party (Chad's mom's family) (3pm-9pm)
hung out at Chad's mom's house afterwards

Sunday -
Church
Christmas lunch with my mom and presents
Movie with mom - Charlie Wilson's War (11am-6pm)
Chad and I ate dinner at Wahoo's
Hung out at Chad's mom's house in the evening

Monday (Christmas Eve) -
Went to Town Lake with Chad, Jana, and Jay. - ran with Jana
4 of us ate lunch at Wahoo's
Went with Chad to do last minute shopping
hung out at Chad's mom's house during preparations
Christmas Eve service at Riverbend (6pm service)
Watched 'A Christmas Story'
Had Christmas Eve dinner and opened presents (9pm-1am)
Partied until about 1am with the family

Tuesday (Christmas Day) -
Felt horrible sleeping - had horrible cramping and could not sleep (got about 4 hours total)
Went over to Chad's mom's house to see his dad. (11:45am-1:15)
Opened presents with Chad's dad.
Traveled to Buda to visit with my family at uncle Ruben's house (2:15-6:30)
Tried to go see the 37th street lights - left early when I found that my favorite house had changed their lights.
Went to Chad's mom's house to hang out (8:30-10:00)

What I'm starting to realize is that this year the time balance between families was much more heavily weighted on one side than the other. I didn't realize that it was that way until about halfway through the weekend. I don't have a problem with sharing time, especially when people come into town to see you. When the situations are reversed and we need to flip the time balance in the other direction, I hope that will go over okay.