Christmas Day

Who would have guessed that I (Scott) was the first one to wake up on Christmas Day?  Well, I still hadn't caught up on my sleep so I awoke at around 7:00 a.m.  I peeked in on the kids and I think Kayla was awake, and Ryan awoke in an instant!  So, I'm still not convinced he was asleep.  Just like a light-switch he was "on" and itching to get downstairs!  Once the entire house was woken up and ready, the kids came downstairs and took turns opening presents.  It seems Santa was able to locate us after all!  And he was savvy enough to bring them presents small enough that they could bring home in their suitcases!  We had a nice relaxing day enjoying the home-baked goodies and watching a few Christmas movies we brought along on our iPods.  I bought a cable which connects the iPod to a television, but it was a challenge (3rd attempt was a charm) to connect it to the TV indirectly through a VCR which accepted the NTSC signal.  A little bit of trial-and-error proved to be the solution.  European TV's only accept the PAL signal, but we were lucky with the VCR they have here.  Between Kayla's iPod and mine, we have over a dozen movies to select from.  We couldn't do much sight-seeing because most places were closed anyway.  We'll have to save that for tomorrow!  I should mention that I wasn't allowed to post any Christmas morning pictures -- especially by Kayla!  But they will be available to family members at some point, so she doesn't get off the hook entirely!