Best Christmas gift you gave?

[MouseWife]

~MS~ I love that one, given or received, the gift of time is best!

I would say that was one that gives to all involved. We are all very busy usually with out time for others, barely the ones inside this house. But, the other night we made sure to keep it open. I had my niece down from L.A. that I haven't seen since, over a year and a half ago, if not longer, as well as my sis and 3 of her kids.

We started out the night with my niece and family at the Hotel Del {thought of you, Lash & Stout, especially when we were sneaking around the back areas, thinking of 'Some Like it Hot'}. The sunset was awesome. Then walking around, there were carolers, crowds, and the ice skaters. The Del is lit up so very pretty, but, no tripod so not any great shots of that.

After we met up at my house, with a variety of Mexican food from Lolitas' and pizza from Lil' Caesars. The kids had cookies to decorate and, for the piece de resistance, I put on the family home movies.

Okay, now, I can already feel the massive eye rolling going on, hear the groans. But, for the three of us {my sis, my niece and myself} it was a gift to watch them together.

To end it, as the kids left we gave them bags of gifts to take home. Included for a couple were tickets to the High School Musical being done at the Civic Theater. {that was probably their best gift but they are young, they don't know.....}