Vacation, continued...

Monday
After sleeping in, we watched some Lord of the Rings, and got ready for Christmas Eve dinner at Dad's house. We made pepper steak, and my Aunt Carol and Uncle Jason (Mom's brother and sister-in-law) came over, in addition to Diana, one of my dad's really good friends. After dinner, we went to a 9 PM service at the Methodist church where Diana went while growing up. The service was very structured - it reminded me more of a Catholic service than what we have at GCR...

Tuesday
We woke up early in order to try to finish LotR, but alas, we only got through disc 1. We had present opening with Dad, and we made some side dishes in preparation for Christmas day lunch at Uncle Dave and Aunt Martha's (my dad's brother and sister-in-law). We were on a mission to finish lunch before 2 PM so we would be able to make it to Matt's aunt and uncle's before 6 PM. At 2 PM, we remembered the time change. Oops. So we were on the road by 2:30/3:30 and were able to make it to Dan and Dorcas' by 7 PM. :-) We had called ahead to say we'd be late, but everyone waited for us anyway. We had dinner, read the Christmas story from Luke, opened presents, played some DDR, and watched Elf (which was part of my present). We went to sleep late. :-)