My mom has claimed Christmas Eve will always be a celebration at my parents house. We went over there around 4:00 Christmas Eve and had a great time chatting with my parents and my 3 sisters. I have one sister who is in El Salvador this year (who we got to talk to-- more on that later) so it was just us four girls and my husband. The evening started out with some potatoes, peas, and white sauce (we have this meal EVERY Christmas eve, since I was little and it is so special because my mom only makes it once a year). We also had rolls, and party punch (a drink my family made up with cranberry sauce and sprite, really good). After dinner we moved onto the next event which was the talent show. Jenna and Rachel (my two youngest sisters) played a piano duet, then Cassidy showed off her self timer skills with the iphone camera for her talent My husband represented our family and juggled some apples he found in the kitchen. Cassidy took this picture of everyone during her "talent"
Jenna played Mary.
Rachel played the angels.
Cassidy played Joseph
I played the shepard and the sheep
Zack played the wise man
After the nativity my sisters unwrapped their Christmas pajamas and my dad read us the Polar Express (also a tradition we have done every Christmas Eve).
Zack and I went home around 9:00 pm and opened our own Christmas pajamas up, then we went to bed.
Christmas day we spent a few hours unwrapping gifts and enjoying our presents. I found this little beauty in my stocking:
It's a Green Amethyst stone accented with diamonds! I feel in love with it. My husband said he had a connection with Santa and knew that I would love it. He was right.
After presents we went to my in-laws house for Omelets and to spend Christmas morning with them.
John, Rose and Zack doing the "Sasquatch pose"... I have no idea what brought this on.
My lovely husband, making me laugh right before the photo is taken. He always knows how to put a smile on my face.
After breakfast with my in-laws we went to my aunts house to spend Christmas day with my family.
My Grandma decided she wanted to have a dance party so they showed us all up with their amazing dancing skills. It was so cute to watch, my Grandpa was really a pretty good dancer.
We played some white elephant bingo! My cousin Blake is wearing her present on her head.
We talked to Tori on Skype. She is the one in El Salvador on her mission. It was so great, she looked even more beautiful then the day she left and she was so happy. She was just beaming from ear to ear and she couldn't remember how to say some words in English. It was fun to watch and see how much Spanish she knew after only living there for 4 months.
Overall it was such a fun Christmas day and we were so blessed by everyone who gave us wonderful gifts.
We are going to St. George tomorrow for a little family vacation with my in-laws, it should be a lot of fun.
I am excited to get some warm weather and hopefully sunshine as well. Utah December's are not very good, not a lot of sun so the trip will be welcoming.
Well I hope everyone's Christmas was wonderful.
XO
Caitlin
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