Christmas week

What a wonderful stress free Christmas. We had the cousins over for Christmas eve dinner. We had aspargus/leek soup, lots of yummy hors d'oeurves including bacon wrapped scallops, spinach salad, mixed greens and avocado salad, beets, pop overs and prime rib, plus baklava for dessert. The feasting was wonderful. The atmosphere was so peaceful without any tensions or strains. The cousins went to Monterey Christmas day. We declined the invitation as we don't travel on the major holidays. We had a very quiet day on Christmas day, just the two of us. We exchanged a few presents we bought for ourselves :) and called the daughter and siblings, ate delicious leftovers and chilled.