Christmas 2011

Christmas arrived right on time and we were ready! Kate had to work on Christmas Eve until 5 pm; so by the time she got off work, grabbed a bite to eat and got on the road she didn't arrive to our house until nearly 10 pm.  We were waiting up for her however and as is our tradition we all opened up a gift before bed. We have always purchased the kids pajamas to open on Christmas Eve. So the kids opened their PJ's and it wasn't long before we were all off to bed  to rest up for the big day!

The next morning, Kevin and I had to laugh when at 9 am we had already been up for over an hour and the kids were still sound asleep! At ages 15 and 21, gone are the days when the kids were up before dawn begging us to get up and open gifts!!

I prepared a breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and cinnamon rolls which we sat and enjoyed before opening our stockings and gifts.

 

                             Here is Kevin and the kids with their stockings.

                      ...and ME and the kids with our stockings.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

My long time blog readers know that Kyle loves to golf. His Dad got him into golfing at the age of 3 and he has been playing since. He used to have a junior set of clubs, but has long since outgrown them. For quite a while now he has been sharing Kevin's set with him.

But no longer!! Santa brought Kyle his own clubs!...and let me tell you Kyle was one happy golfer. He can hardly wait to get out on the course and play.                                            

I don't have a pic of Kate with her gift from us..but this year she asked for a recipe binder with several of our family favorite recipes in it. She also asked for pots and pans. So that is exactly what we gave her! She wants to start cooking for her boyfriend Travis and herself.

Another tradition of ours is to go to the movies on Christmas Day. Here we all are, dressed and ready to go out.

After the movies we returned home to eat the dinner I had prepared early that day which consisted of a chicken tortilla casserole, Spanish rice and a salad. To end the day we went out looking at Christmas lights.

From my family to yours....Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!