swarming

We're off to the city for Al's house swarming. Will is going to stay in the city at Jesse's to spend New Year's Eve there; he has to leave Jan. 1. Grace works tomorrow so we will have to return in the morning. Sam is working. That's a bit weird. When he finished his job in the fall his boss told him that they would like him to work during the holidays if he wanted to. But in the meantime the A & W sold and the new owners brought in some foreign workers; when Sam contacted them about working they said they didn't need him. But when I got home from work yesterday he was at work and works again today.
Christmas was good. We had a great time watching the old videos that Tim got transferred to DVDs for Geoff's Christmas present. It is certainly different now with everyone grown up and much quieter. Opening presents was a lot of fun because everyone really bought good gifts for each other, you knew they put a lot of thought into them. You don't need a lot of money for a good gift, just some imagination. I was very happy; I got a lot of books.
Guitar Hero is fun! Even for those of us who can only use one hand at a time.
We talked to Anne for quite a long time, and to the bunch in Grande Praire and Lisa and Richard. And Betty Anne. Anne's Christmas Day wasn't all that great, sound like, but she had a good Boxing Day, went to someone's house and said that it was good to be with a family, even if it wasn't hers.