Twas the Night Before Christmas

We spent the night before Christmas Eve out to dinner with my mom, my brothers and my sister in law Lynda. I think we ate so much food that we were going to have to be rolled out of the restaurant. (And we were so loud, howling with laughter over our shared genetic quirks, that I am sure the restaurant was tempted to toss out of the restaurant.)

Christmas Eve morning! First things first on Christmas Eve morning, let's look up Santa's coordinates on the NASA website to see exactly where the sleigh and reindeer are visiting.





And then after a morning of sledding and snowboarding in the backyard, (even Griffin got up on his skis!) we headed out to Grandma Jo Jos for round one of presents, appetizers and cocktails. Presents, presents, and more presents, oh my.

Aidan opened up what may be one of his favorite gifts for the season, a brand new kindle thanks to his Aunt Tennille and Uncle Seth.

Seth showed off his spectacular red holiday pants. (We were just grateful he didn't break out the turkey pants.)

I think Griffin's favorite part of Christmas Eve - Part One was the orange soda in wine glasses. He soaked up as much of that as he possibly could.

And then we were off to my grandparents' house for our annual Christmas Eve extravaganza. Christmas Eve dinner is one of my favorite family traditions. My family truly enjoys each other. We chat. We laugh. We drink much wine. And we laugh heartily at the toasts made by our family members after the consumption of much wine. (Travis and Lynda hit it out of the park this year with their toasts at dinner. Lynda did not leave a dry eye in the house.)