The Christmas Present

The first video gaming machine came into our house on Christmas. Of course, it didn't work the first day, guess it was God teaching Cameron patience. Anyway, we have been playing it a bit here are there and there are EXTREME restrictions on it for Cameron. Though it seems everytime Cameron comes in from playing outside, Randy and I are playing it.

Merry Christmas 2009

We are in Sicily for our second Christmas. What a wonderful time we are having. Cameron and Anne went to Midnight Mass in the town of Mineo. It was 2 hours long and we spent most of our time trying to find in my Dad's Missal, the English version of the readings and prayer, but it was still GREAT!!!

We woke up this morning to a beautiful tree with many presents underneath, but always the first thing is Cameron MUST put the baby Jesus into the manger. Anne made a breakfast casserole last night and we popped it into the oven this morning. (It was good).

Cameron woke up an hour earlier than we expected, going to bed a 2am is a bit hard. After getting Skype set up with Anne's brother John, we started opening presents. We all opened our presents, but ..... Cameron's last present was a big box. We sent him on a Clue Finding hunt. The first big present under the tree had a rhyme that was a clue, which sent him to the backyard. The next clue into the stairs, then out to the truck, then over to a neighbor's house where Cam is dog sitting (we figured this was the best way to do his job and enjoy Christmas). This box had a huge rock in it all wrapped up and had to carry it down the street :) The final clue sent him up to his bedroom and a Wii was under his bed. We all had a good time. Cameron got Legos, videos and Nerf Guns; Anne got a robe, scarf and bath stuff; Randy got some stuff for camping and bath stuff. It is 10am and we are ready for our nap.