Good morning Crazies.  Ed - thanks for starting off the day.  I had to laugh at being named your fearless leader&#33;     We ended up coming home late last night after a really great day with my   brothers.  We had decided to stay over but once my youngest brother decided to also stay we realized that we would be starting the party all over again this morning and there was little to no chance of us getting out of there early so we could get home to do a few things.  We really had a wonderful day - my youngest niece Deana had been spending her first semester of her Junior year of College in New Zealand and was having trouble getting home (Daddy works for the airlines so she flies for free but stand-by) but made it home in time for the festivities.<br /><br />Ash &amp; TJ were in super excellent behavior (they must have known Santa was watching) and although the only family missing was Dave and his family, we had seen them the day before so our weekend was complete.  The usual &quot;do you remember the day&quot;  stories flew around the table and the nieces and nephews (and also Deb) now have some new things to hang over our heads for awhile.  I will really miss these family times when brother Doug and his wife move to Bologna, Italy in June.    <br /><br />I hope everyone is ready for the big day - I still have more wrapping to do and I have to make 2 veggies to take to Deb&#39;s tomorrow but other than that I plan on having a relatively quiet day.  Jim only has one small thing to be assembled so it looks like we are in the home stretch now.  <br /><br />Jim &amp; I send our warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas. Tomorrow morning  We will be heading up to Deb&#39;s as soon as the kids wake up (probably around 5AM) to watch the kids open their gifts.  It&#39;s a little more exciting than watching Jim open those new socks he will be getting.  LOL  I do have one funny story about our Christmas gifts to each other.    On Saturday we went to Deb&#39;s with Dave and his family for awhile and then came back to our house for dinner.  I kept my bedroom door closed since the room was full of gifts and didn&#39;t get my phone messages til after everyone went home and I was getting ready for bed.  There was a message for Jim for a local electronics store that they finally got in the GPS he &quot;ordered for his wife&quot; .  I was laughing my head off when I replayed the message for Jim and he was furious that the store spoiled my suprise.  Then I told him to go cancel the order and handed him the GPS I had bought him which had been in my closet for weeks.  Great minds think alike&#33;<br /><br />For anyone traveling - please be safe and have a wonderful Christmas.