On Christmas Eve Mark and I went to Macaroni Grill for an early dinner and then attended a 4 pm Christmas Eve Service at a church we tried out last year. It was a great service. Then we came home and watched Fred Claus.
Mark gets tired of watching It's A Wonderful Life and White Christmas so I changed it up this year for him. As it turned out he came into my office while I was watching It's A Wonderful Life and ended up watching it with me! Then I watched White Christmas, it does my heart good.
Skye is ready for Christmas to start. She is so funny at Christmas. She loves to open presents and she brings a lot of joy into the day.
The presents under the tree are gifts from out of town. The new tree is low to the ground and it was easier to put the gifts in front of a hutch that is in the family room.
We had a lovely Christmas Day. I of course missed Amber and Dylan like crazy but we were able to Skype with them which was wonderful. As it turned out I didn't take a lot of photos but I was definitely present to enjoy each moment of the day.
Adam and Gabby arrived around 12:30 and I had a spread of snacks for us to enjoy. Below are the cookies I baked this year.
Spritz
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Chex Muddy Buddies
Pecan Tassies
Toffee Bars
After our snacks we opened presents one at a time. That was so much fun and everyone loved their gifts. After that we talked with Amber and Dylan. They were supposed to have opened their gifts too but hadn't. Dylan said Amber didn't want Christmas to be over so she didn't want to open them yet!
Later we had a wonderful dinner. We didn't do our deep dish pizza this year. If you have followed me for awhile you will remember that I decided not to do big Christmas dinners anymore because I find myself not enjoying the day like everyone else is.
Since Mark has perfected Filet Mignon on the grill I decided that we would do that for dinner. That way Mark is involved with cooking too! We had scalloped potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, fresh green beans and rolls. It was all so delicious. We had little cream puffs for dessert.
Debby and Mark
Gabby and Adam
Adam and Gabby went home around 6:30 pm. I started cleaning up the kitchen and Mark was sound asleep on the sofa. Some things never change.....
So this one is pretty funny. Skye got this circular porcupine squeaker toy which she loves. She came running into my office this way with the toy in her mouth. I don't know how she could possibly see.
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