Christmas is a time for traditions, and our Christmas Eve included our annual sibling gift exchange, pulla and hot chocolate, Jason's bacon and eggs, a trip around town to view Christmas lights (with a stop to visit Grandma and Peeta), and then a viewing of A Muppet Christmas Carol.
Earlier, Janae and Alaina had played a piano/cello duet of "Sleep, Little Jesus" at church, which was beautiful.
Christmas morning the kids were up and ready to go at 7:30 (not quite as early as in past years, thank goodness!). They unwrapped their gifts, and then I got the turkey in the oven.
Then we picked up Grandma, who came over for dinner and entertainment--Janae played the violin, and Eric just made us laugh :)
The next day my family got together at Tina's for another turkey dinner--almost all 27 of us were there; we were just missing Sheri's daughter, Brooke.
Then the day after THAT, we surprised Anita's daughter Kya with a bridal shower! Kya got engaged this past summer, and her wedding will be in August ... but we won't all be together before then. She was truly surprised, and we had a nice time together--I even won Bridal Jeopardy, thanks to a Final Jeopardy question about Queen Victoria's wedding fashion :)
This Friday, Janae and Alaina got to celebrate New Year's a little early at a church youth dance as well.
As always, I wish it could all last a little longer....
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