This year was the year my family decided not to go to Idaho for the holidays. The sister who owns the property there went up with her husband and children. The rest of us were left to spend time with our 'other' families.
Kyle's grandmother passed away in May and this was the first Christmas his grandfather and autistic uncle were to spend without her. Kyle asked if we could have them here. He drove out to the desert, picked them up and drove back yesterday. It turns out that the grandfather also has type 2 diabetes. I wish I had known that before I bought food. But he is pleasant about it and is not a complainer. We spent a lot of time fixing up the garage for them. I hope they are comfortable and warm enough out there.
We had a dinner for seven and then had ten people for breakfast this morning. Before breakfast we opened gifts. Laura and Kyle were very generous with the uncle and grandfather. It was a pretty good Christmas that way.
In the afternoon we went out to the same aunt's house who had hosted Thanksgiving. She is cute, energetic and kind. Apparently in Jack's (Kyle's) family, everyone gives everybody a Christmas gift. That was rather daunting. We gave each of the 'families' a gift. We went with an 'alcohol' theme for everyone. It went okay. I hope to be more specific next year. The food was good, as always, and they were kind and warm to me. I appreciated it. It was a different and a bit of a strange Christmas for me. I missed my family so much I didn't even allow myself to think about it but I must find a way to spend my Christmases with them from now on. It means too much to me to be away from them.
The aunt's house was too crowded to have brought Dad. But he will meet all of them soon. It looks like there's going to be some kind of a wedding within the next couple of months.
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