Merry Christmas

Santa came through this year and fulfilled the boys' wishes.  What a good guy.  The boys were up with the sun and very excited.  Thank you to all of our loved ones.  We had plans to drive to Winston-Salem and stay the night with my mom.  A big honey ham was on the menu.  Unfortunately Jack Frost had snow on the menu.  We got on the road mid-morning.

One of Travis' new guitars.  He's a rock star, you know.

Nicholas' theme for this Christmas: Nerf guns!

Christmas rocks!

 Snow was already sticking by the time we got to Winston-Salem.  We were the first in the family to arrive at my mom's.  Then almost everyone else arrived at the same time.  Mass present unwrapping ensued.  It was a lot of fun to see everyone.  My nieces and nephews keep growing up.  There's talks of college acceptances, dean's lists, graduations, braces, etc.

There was almost an inch by the time we left Winston-Salem.  The side roads were becoming slick.  We decided to go ahead and travel back east to Raleigh and beat the snow.  Halfway back it was just rain and we were safely home.
Since our original plans were thwarted by Jack Frost, we had a big ole honey ham to cook.  And I decided to make macaroni and cheese from scratch.  A friend gave me a recipe off the back of a noodle box and swore it was the best ever.  Every dish was ready at the same time, amazing feat.  Before we ate Adrian paused and said a big thank you for the wonderful meal.  It really was good.  Honey ham is awesome.  And that macaroni and cheese was the next level of awesome.  Sorry mom, you missed out.  Blame the weatherman.
Some lucky stray dog had a good Christmas present too.  We put the ham bone out by the curb.  It was a beauty and if I was dog I would have gone to town on that.