I still can't believe that Christmas has come and gone. Christmas Eve flew by, maybe because all day long in between cooking and cleaning we were on the run to family get togethers. We met up with the Patterson clan to carol for Mootzie. It was fun to be there together and see Mootz. No matter what she always has a smile on her face.
After caroling and more cooking there was a Rich party to get to. A little bit of snacking and chatting. Then back home to finish cooking and get to my mom and dad's for Christmas Eve dinner and festivities.
We have some traditions that we ALWAYS do for Christmas Eve. Dinner isn't one of them though, we don't have a set meal that we eat every year. This year I made white chicken chili, salad, my mom made cornbread and there were brownie desserts. It was so yummy.
We had our traditional Christmas Eve program with dinner, watching "The Gift", the gift ball, and then dessert. I love to just hang out and not feel like we have to rush off home. But we did have 4 little monkeys to get home and in bed so Santa could come.
Christmas morning was great! The kids got up (minus Chance) around 7 and went straight in to see if Santa had visited. We kinda let them go at it this year. It's hard to have them wait when they are so young, they were just so excited. Chance missed most of the action, but then he got up and I held him while we watched all the opening and playing go down.
After church we went to my mom's for a quick minute, then we went to the Rich's to hang out. Honey made the cutest little hats for the girls. She is always knitting something darling for one of her grandchildren. I think they turned out so cute. We just sat and chatted and let the kids play around us. Then it was back over to my mom and dad for the traditional omelets. It's a must, it wouldn't feel like Christmas if I didn't have them.
Apparently someone (not quite sure who knows how to use the camera) had a photo shoot with some of the new toys from Santa.
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