Christmas Eve was so much fun! Scott and I headed over to his parent's house for our get together. We had a delicious dinner of soups and soup bowls with different kinds of salad. All the "kids" (Scott, me, Charley, Brandon and Stacy) sat at our own table and all of the adults sat at their table. Kind of funny we are still considered the "kids". haha Robyn put on a great program and we all were able to receive Richard Paul Evans book, "The Christmas Candle". If you haven't read it, I suggest you go and get it. After the program was done, Grandma Grable gave Gage and Carter their gifts to open. It was so much fun to watch both of these boys open their presents.
Carter opening his present. This is his first Christmas and Christmas Eve
Gage loved his Noah's Ark that Grandma gave him, but seriously who can pass up a chance to get inside the box it came from?????
What a prefect Christmas present.....Gage!
And of course, my husband can't be left out. He was my perfect Christmas present.
After leaving Robyn's house, Scott and I decided that we would start our own Christmas Eve tradition. We each got to open one present......Of course Lulu and Makita pulled the candy cane bones out of their stocking.
Scott got the 2009 Office desk calendar
I got a bunch of hangers. I know you are thinking it is lame, but I really needed some nice wood hangers to match the others I have in the closet. Thanks Babe!!!!!
Christmas morning is finally here!!!!! The only thing I asked Scott for this year was to have the morning to ourselves. It was absolutely perfect (well minus the power going out for an hour or so)!!!! We woke up and he lit a fire in our fireplace, we made blueberry muffins and hot chocolate. Then we started opening presents! It was so relaxing and not rushed. I loved it. After the morning was over we left about 11:00 to start making the rounds. We stopped by my dad's and grandma's and then headed off to see Marley and Me with my mom. I loved the movie, but the ending was sad. You heard a lot of "sniffs" in the theatre. For the night we headed over to Scott's parent's house to open gifts and to talk to Trent. I am pretty sure Trent spent a good couple hours on the phone talking to all of us. He is doing great and we all miss him a lot. That was the last Christmas he will be gone for though......we can't wait for him to come home!We had such a great Christmas and Scott and I are so unbelievably blessed! We have wonderful families and friends that are so generous with their time. Thank you for all that everyone does and has ever done for us. Thank you to Nick, Morgan and Kyle for calling to wish us a Merry Christmas....it was great to be able to talk to all of you. I hope everyone had a perfect day and was able to put all the worldliness aside and remember the real reason we celebrate CHRISTmas. We love you all.
My pretty stocking and it has a rose sticking out of it! Thanks Babe!!!
Scott opening his stocking
Lulu and Makita playing with the toys after opening their stocking
Emily got me this for Christmas. It is so pretty and works perfectly right above our table! She made it herself. She is so talented.
This picture must make the post. Charley and I have the same red shirt and we both wanted to wear it on Christmas....so we did. Aren't we just so lovely......
The morning after.......UGH. Fortunately I didn't have to go to work today, but my poor husband did. Scott came in and kissed me good-bye....I hear the garage door go up and then go down and then go up again. What??? So I got up and looked out the window and saw my poor husband trying to dig the car out. I jumped up and put on some sweats and shoes and out I went to help him. We got a ridiculous amount of snow and it took us a while to get the car dug out of the driveway and out of our circle!!!!! Looks like I won't be going anywhere today.
