Christmas Eve and Day

What a wonderful Christmas we had! On Christmas Eve I made dinner at home and then we went to our church for a wonderful Christmas Eve service. I love the way our church has been decorated for Christmas. Here are a few shots.

After church we headed over to our down town area for a little outdoor ice skating. I chose to sit it out, because I did not want to take a chance of a fall and re-injury of my back.

Originally, Kyle was feeling a little timid about going out on the ice. So Kevin and Kate put on their skates and got ready to hit the ice.

Once he saw how much fun they were having though, he quickly went out to join them!

great job Kyle!

Way to fly Kate and Kevin!

Kate had such a good time!

Father and Daughter skate team

On Christmas morning I made my sticky carmel buns that I've been making for years along with bacon and juice. We nibbled on breakfast in our pj's while opening our stockings and gifts.

Santa spoiled us this year!

Always the comedian...Kevin puts a bow on his forehead!

Santa brings Kevin a new Carhartt jacket.

Kyle opens his new airsoft gun

Kate opens some new clothes

After opening gits, we all got dressed and went to see AVATAR in 3D.

Kate and I in front of the big tree at the mall where we go to the movies.

Kevin and Kate

Our plan after the movie was to go to PF Changs for dinner. However it was closed along with every other restaurant in town. We searched for almost an hour but could not find ONE restaurant that was open. We soon realized "we are not in Vegas anymore!", where we would have easily found an open restaurant! So we ended up taking fast food back to the house!! Not exactly the Christmas dinner we had in mind, but we all kept a good attitude about it. We topped of the evening all enjoying a slice of the grasshopper pie I had made (another tradition).

We look forward to Dad and Polly coming in from a week long vacation in Hawaii tonight and we will celebrate a 2nd Christmas with them on Sunday morning.

I was blessed to receive a NKJ version of the bible. (New King James Version) which is the version of the bible our pastor preaches from and we use in all our bible studies. It is leather bound and Kevin dedicated it to me. I also received some of my favortite Philosophy Amazing Grace body wash and lotion and a big soft "Comfy Robe" in Christmas red. I love all my gifts!