so, we had a really beautiful and magical Christmas. the whole thing was just spectacular from start to finish.
It started with the late(er) {two an a half hour} drive to my sisters house Christmas eve hoping to make it before Christmas morning.
Jeff had worked that afternoon well, we both worked but I mean I wouldn't call Bailey's in my coffee while spending time at the office really work {just kiddin that was last week} actually, I woke up very sick that morning but still went to work because I had a few things I needed to finish up before the holidays and I only had to stay till noon. J actually worked {airports don't slack around Christmas time}.
The first thing we did upon crossing the threshold of my sister's home that night was dispatch ourselves striaght into the kitchen to make some hot cocoa, watch the grinch and let the kiddies open their Christmas pj's. We were hoping we wouldn't be up till 3AM helping wrap a mountain of gifts as per the norm in that house but we were, sort of! Most of the gifts were wrapped however last minute ones seemed to keep popping up out of know where.
We started our morning {Bright and Merry of course, at 6am} with the kiddies knocking on all the bedroom doors. After the stocking were open, Waisting no time at all the kids got right to it and began picking out gifts from under the tree for everyone.
△△These were pj's for Jeff & Ryan {clearly the package was labeled with the wrong size}△△
△△My 10 year old nieces made this picture. △△
△△ Brodie made grandma a craft at school and wraped it in a Mr Freeze box △△
After we digested breakfast everyone seemed to wonder off and nap.
Later, while giving mama a full makeup makeover in between attempting to bake homemade sugar cookies with my sister dinner was finally ready. We enjoyed a turkey dinner with all the trimming.
Merry 'Christmas eve-ish'! {I put Christmas eve in quotations because its actually Dec 27th but we're celebrating our Christmas with the in laws} one of favourite traditions at my in laws is to watch 'A Christmas Story' the night before our Christmas morning. Jeff's parents let us open stocking and one gift the night before. The one gift we opened this year was onesies.
△△ how cute do we look? △△
△△ We all got these delicious lip blam flavours in our stocking. △△
We always have such a great time just hanging out and relaxing with family in front of the fire. We opened presents in the morning followed by a delicious breakfast served with warmed up Jack Daniels; Winter Jack.
△△ Dad had a swig while cooking breakfast △△
Later that evening after we enjoyed yet another turkey dinner we gathered around the dinning table to play '5 secind rule' a game we recieved as a gift from my sisters family.
Also heres my husbands beard update for December. I'm thinking I may start blogging a monthly beard picture to see his progress. {mind you I'm not really too pleased with it but ya know!}
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with family and fun. Thank you so much for reading.
