i generally have an issue with christmas, i love all the prep work and the excitement and warmth and decorations and hustle and bustle dec 1-dec 23. love it. and i looove christmas eve. in fact i would rather have christmas eve be christmas. as soon as christmas is over, everything goes back to boring and cold, the decorations come down and make me feel emptier than ever. well thats my blah for today, but enough of that.
i love all my family's traditions. they really make christmas eve/christmas what they are. i love spending so much time with my family!
we all got a haul this year, everything we asked for. i love to watch my family open my gifts i like to see their reaction and see if it matches my excitement for them. we had a lot of really thoughtful things this year. we drew cousins on both sides to give to, and that was so fun to see what we could think of to get to know them better, and on one side, to make for them. i was impressed with all the cousins and what we came up with!
i'm also grateful for my friends, and the special things they thought of for me.
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| cousin braden and me in our nativity scene costumes! he was a wise man and i was an angel :) |
my favorite cookie to make for christmas is ginger snaps dipped in white chocolate. with mom! i think we've only been doing it for a couple years, but i want to make it a tradition. they're just so good!
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| love my mama :) |
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| yum :) |
this christmas eve was also special because exactly 50 years ago, on a cold christmas eve, my sweet grandpa doug asked my sweet grandma char to be his eternal companion. so we had some trivia to see who knew most about their relationship and their early years together. it was so fun to hear those stories and to see how strong their love still is.
the very best part of this christmas was getting a short but amazing skype with my love! he's home in 27 days from today!! i'm so lucky to have him. i loved not saying goodbye, but saying 'love you see you soon ' :) :)
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| my handsome missionary :) coming home so sooon :) |
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