Christmas Re-Cap....in words

I have a ton of cute pictures, but need to get them on the computer still.  So, here is our Christmas in words :)

My dad and youngest brother came here for Christmas this year.  This was the first Christmas since my grandpa passed away, so I think it was good for my dad to get away.  Plus, the boys love having him around.  The boys had a blast with grandpa and their uncle! When we were putting the presents under the tree, I got to thinking that there were a lot of presents :)  The hubby and I agree that we would rather the boys have a lot of presents under the tree that were pretty cheap compared to one or two expensive things.  The majority of what I found was under $10, heck, most were cheaper than that!  I love watching their faces as they are opening their gifts.  They don't care or know that the pack of farm animals they got was $3.  My kids do not need the newest, best, most expensive things out there.  Anyway....that is a whole other post right there!  We had a good Christmas.  We didn't have snow, which is a bit strange for Michigan, but it was cold.  My dad left on Thursday and then we had a busy weekend.  Thursday night, Oliver came down with a fever and cough, but was find in the morning.  That same night, Eric got a fever.  His fever was gone on Friday and seemed to be doing better.  We had a Christmas party that night also.  Then, in the middle of night, his fever came back.  He had a 103 temp all that night and most of Saturday.  I had to work in the morning and then hurry home and get ready for another Christmas party, this time without Eric.  His fever finally broke that afternoon.  That meant he was able to go to our last Christmas party on Sunday.  Thankfully, the rest of us have been feeling good, minus the sinus infection that I am getting over.  We have been sanitizing the house now...haha!  Now, we are trying to get the house back in order.  I am one of those people that does not believe in taking down all the Christmas stuff the day after.  People decorate earlier every year and then complain about it.  I love having all the lights and things in the house.  We are taking down the real tree this weekend.  Some of the strands of lights are going out anyway.  We will move the fake tree into the living room and leave everything up for a bit yet.  One of my other brothers and his girlfriend are coming next week and they will have presents for the boys so we want it to feel like Christmas in here yet.  I tried getting some things cleaned up today, but those silly boys were right behind me messing things up!  Oh well, maybe I should work on those pictures :)