My nieces came over to sled in the afternoon. Jessica and Jason were up in Wisconsin for a wedding. We spent the previous evening at my mother-in-law’s house. There hadn’t been a chance for all of us to be together so came over for supper and for our annual Christmas bingo game with prizes. It was actually really fun. The lane had already been cleared by a neighbor but still had several inches of snow.

We sat at the table and there was laughter and goofy conversation for quite some time. We were genuinely enjoying each other’s company which is always such a relief for me. After supper we had birthday dessert and then we went into the bingo game. I ended up trading my prize with my niece because she had an ugly Christmas sweater coffee mug and I had a mini-Harry Potter character who said a few words.

She would’ve rather had the toy and I would’ve rather had the mug. I used the mug for coffee to bring outside during sledding. My mother-in-law and I parked our chairs at the top of the hill and watched. We were the judges for whoever could get the farthest on their the sled. The older kids were with Miles and Laura who had also been there at the house for bingo. Dad was on the hill keeping the dog on his leash.