Josh had Morgan for the holidays this year, so we spent Christmas Day with his parents and Morgan at their house. We decided to have our Christmas the night before, on Christmas Eve. Growing up, we had a yearly tradition of going to mass on Christmas Eve, then opening one present each, and Christmas morning we would open the rest of the presents, along with our stockings. As we get older and create our own families, it's harder to continue those traditions but always nice to make new ones as well. Josh and I created a tradition of opening our presents on Christmas Eve, and watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (another tradition from my childhood). So that's what we did this year, and we were lucky enough to get snow on Christmas Eve that stuck around for 2 days, so we actually had a white Christmas! I normally go out all with decoratioms for every holiday, but I've just been so busy lately and so stressed that I didn't get a chance to do much this year. But the snow helped give the holidays a festive feel!
Toby enjoying the snow:
Josh opening his stocking:
Toby is not a fan of cameras so he wanted to run upstairs and hide without opening his stocking:
Yummy Godiva goodies in my stocking!
Josh's goodies: chocolates, Starburst jelly beans, Rice Krispie treat, and a Star Wars light saber with M&Ms!
The new Oliver North book:
Signed to Josh by the author:
Me with Oliver North when I bought the book and had it signed:
Another stocking stuffer....
The last shot of the tree before it becomes bare!
The last present from his stocking:
Wizards tickets for when the Chicago Bulls come into town in January!
The puppies love these chicken sticks!
Decorations:
Lucy enjoying her treat in her Christmas sweater:
Stockings...except for Morgan's, which was too heavy to hang:
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