Christmas Eve

Kyle and I took the time this year to really enjoy this Christmas season by reminding ourselves daily what this holiday is all about. It was so nice to slow down and enjoy each day as it came... we didnt want to wish away Christmas, it already comes and goes by so fast! Christmas Eve day started out with us sleeping in for as long as we wanted... no alarms here! While Kyle slept a little longer I prepared breakfast, hashbrowns, sausage, and red pancakes were on the menu. When Kyle woke up he turned on the fireplace(yes, it's gas) and we enjoyed our breakfast in front of the tree while watching "Christmas with the Kranks". We were able to enjoy the day and then prepare for our evening with Kyle's family.

Around 6:00 everyone arrived at our home for a Christmas celebration! We had our traditonal meal- a soup bar with all the fixins, spiniach and cheese dip, brachetta, cheese platter, coutry ham and biscuts, a ton of desserts, eggnog, and coffee! Lets just say we were STUFFED! :) After dinner we opened presents; each couple opened gifts together to make it last longer and also so we could see what everyone got. We had such a fun evening together!!

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When everyone left Kyle and I "cleaned up" the house, packed up all our gifts and headed to my parents house to stay the night, a tradition we started right before we got married. :) After unloading the car, we opened our pajamas to eachother, another tradition we started last year. As we went to bed we watched some tv and talked about all the memories we have shared in my old room. We had such a fun day and couldnt wait to see what Santa had brought us the next morning... ;)