Christmas report Christmas has really been nice here at the Ryan/Jensen residence. We typically manage to gather a sizable group, since there are many of us. This year, four of the five Ryan children are in Calgary: Kris, Keri, frou and me. Keri and his wife Gina have three young children and the kids really make Christmas morning fun for everyone with their excitement and delight at their new treasures.

After our standard BIG Christmas morning breakfast and present-opening, we played some family games: Scene it - a fun DVD movie trivia game, then some good old Cranium. Keri and Gina were heading off to her sister's for turkey dinner, so the rest of us watched frou's new DVD copy of Chicago. Some of us napped. The next turkey dinner is tomorrow after church. There is a lot of good eating going on.

I got some excellent presents: new boots, yoga pants, socks, some shirts, a rug, some mittens, a shovel, CDs, magazines, candle, bath products. Not too shabby!  | ¶ 12:02 a.m.