Sometimes I run and Christmas...

I did some good running today.

9.25 miles.

I'm going to be awesome and just copy and paste

what I wrote on DailyMile...

that's what the really great bloggers do, right?

(if you haven't added me on DM yet, do it!)

"I decided to go to the gym and run until I absolutely had to leave

 to get my child from preschool, so that's what I did. 

I should have ran outside because today we are having our

 ONE day of temps above freezing, but it was windy and I wasn't feeling it. 

So I treadmilled it whilst watching the newest Mission Impossible 

in the cardio cinema. Felt good and strong!"

Moving on.

I was not meant to be a blogger.

At least not one where anyone but me reads my posts :).

Yet here I am, in spite of that-

so I will just go ahead and post about Christmas 2.5 weeks later. 

We spent Christmas at my parents house in Oregon.

My brother, SIL and their kids were also there.

If you wonder what a Christmas tree with presents for 8 kids

plus parents, grandparents, etc looks like- here it is...

Christmas Eve...

The cute cousins had so much fun together!

 My dad attempted to have them act out the Nativity Story.

It went better than expected...

except little B-boy wasn't ready for the donkey responsibilites:

 He kept running away from pregnant Mary.

Christmas morning- ready for presents!

 I will spare you the dozens of present opening pictures,

but it was a messy good time.

Better late than never-

so Merry Christmas from our family to yours!