Merry Christmas

Today was a wonderful Christmas in the Heinisch Home.  Everyone voted to open gifts at 10 a.m., which was later than normal, but appreciated by those who wanted to get breakfast started or time to sleep in.  We started with the stockings which were filled with Olympia chocolates, wireless headphones and Buffalo Wild Wings sauce.  After the stockings were emptied, Meg and Cam began to pass out gifts.  There were a lot of awesome presents under the tree this year including a Mack jersey for Cal, Spyro for Brett, an iPhone 8 for Meg and a Sweden soccer jersey for Cam.  Doug appreciated his wine basket and I loved my new bird feeder.

       



After opening presents we all had time to set up some of our new items.  Cam had a new television for his room.  He also spent time changing in and out of his IU jerseys, Sweden jersey and Rutgers shirt.  Meg set up her new mirror/jewelry armoire and Cal tried out several of his food items while wearing his new Bears' jersey.  Brett had to download his games, so he read for awhile.  He wanted to finish an old book so that he could start on his new ones.

My parents arrived at 2 for another round of present opening.  The Heinisch children appreciated all that they received and each eventually found their $50 hidden in their stuffed animals.  Doug's ham dinner finished just as we completed gift giving.  Everything was delicious especially the corn and green bean casserole and mashed potatoes and noodles.  While Mom and I cleaned up, the guys played pool in the basement.  Desserts were next on the agenda.  Doug made English Trifle, which was delicious, along with cookies, brownies and carrot cake.

Hannah-Marie and Nick came over later in the evening and the rest of the night was spent playing games.  Meg picked Five Second Rule and Scattegories Categories first.  Cal wanted Clue which led to a Cameron victory.  Hearts and Sequence were played along with Cameron's new "Connect Four Shots" game.  The night ended with "Oh Hell".  Cam sat in for Doug when he called it a night in order to get up early for inventory tomorrow.  Once again Cameron was victorious adding to his list of victories for the holiday weekend.  The house quieted for the night at eleven with everyone happy with their Christmas Day.