It has been fun to have Heather and Sasha here to get acquainted with our little town.  Heather went with me to the library Tuesday and read a book while I reshelved books for a couple hours.  I got to visit with one of the ladies more than I had before and I was glad to do it. 

Jer has been getting all our important business done like insurance and taxes and bank account and so on.  He also has been busy getting all the hoops jumped through so he can go to work in January.  He had to attend that orientation meeting, do the online modules and then go take the test and do 10 dummy returns to prove he understands the processes.  He still has 6 to go, but can't do them till Monday. 

So he is free to hang out a while.  We went to see Hobbit with Lara and Sam and Sarah while Jer was doing the returns and test so we will go with him tomorrow or Saturday.  Then we went to see Hunger Games yesterday.  Pretty stressful in some places. 

For Christmas Eve we had a delicious dinner here at home of one of Heather's recipes and watched some movies and did the stockings.  It was nice. 

Christmas day we got up late, had breakfast and visited with Susan and the family via Skype, talked to Kristin and Heidi, and had an early dinner with Barneys.  We got to see what they all got for Christmas and then we had a wonderful dinner of standing rib roast and what goes with it.  It was perfect!  Lara was nervous about cooking the roast, but it turned out just like the restaurants.  What a great family day.  I hope everyone had as good and sweet a time together as we had.

Everyone was very happy with their gifts and spent quiet time enjoying their games, toys and music. 

Jer and I have everything we could want.  We need nothing more.  We are so very thankful for family and love and our faith and our Savior.  We are thankful every day for each and every one of our children and grandchildren and all that they mean to us--what we have learned from them and continue to learn every day.