While we miss having family with us on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, one of the things we do love is our own family traditions.
Christmas Eve we have appetizers for dinner. Then we get new Christmas PJs, drink hot chocolate and drive around and see Christmas lights. When we are back to the house it is bedtime with a plan to be up for Christmas morning at about 7am.
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| PJ time! |
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| Color themed but not matching. When the girls were little they would match. Now I just threaten that we will all match. |
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| Bella got in on the action this year! |
Christmas Morning.. the stockings were hung and filled with care. The girls had a sweet Christmas with some surprises they had not asked for but loved. And one surprise that even Mommy did not know about...
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| We gave Jimmy a ND quilt that had his hold jersey he had, a few things from the girls baby clothes that were special and some other neat T-shirts. |
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| Jimmy went out Christmas Eve to do a "craft"... turns out it was a puzzle for us to figure out on Christmas. |
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| Letters to figure out what word it made.... |
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| yes...we finally got it.... "HAMILTON" (at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta). The girls have not seen it yet but have been asking. |
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| Christmas night.. the house is quiet and calm. The decorations are down and it looks like Christmas is done. We are thankful for the family time and the reminder to pause and remember Christ birth... but are glad to be headed into normal routines soon. |
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| It was a Nike year... |
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| Aunt J and Donnie stopped by to visit, but this girl could not hang much longer. |
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| sweet note from Maggie we unwrapped |
Being a family is my biggest joy! Merry Christmas!
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