Merry Christmas To All!

Family and Friends, may you have a blessed and joyous Christmas!

Mom and Josh and his family joined us tonight (Christmas Eve) for dinner. Our tradition is to have Irish potato soup for dinner, with crusty bread. I made cinnamon bread pudding for dessert. Carb overload! But it was yummy.

I always light lots of candles on Christmas Eve. They are everywhere, and I love the soft light. They symbolize for me that The Light Of The World has arrived.


After dinner, the little ones got to open a present or two. Here is Reece, discovering a monster truck from Great-Gran. He loved it! He also opened a package that contained flannel PJ pants and t-shirts to sleep in, but he wasn't much interested in that gift. Toys are where it's at with this boy. :o)




Aubrey's gift from Great-Gran was little Pet Shop animals. She thought it was great fun to open presents. It's hard to get a clear picture of her because she is in perpetual motion.

Those are the little soft-soled shoes I bought her the other day. Aren't they cute?




The Best Baby In The World (Camryn) watched the action from her car seat. She was an absolute love all during dinner and during the present opening. She's such a good, happy baby. Her gift from Gran was a little baby doll. She liked it a lot, and so did Aubrey. :o)

The kidlings were tired after opening gifts, so Josh and Cyrise took them home so they could go to bed and Santa could come. I took Mom and Teddy home around 9 PM. They will all come back over tomorrow for Christmas Day, and Kelly and Mike will be here, too. We'll have dinner and more gift opening.

We're going to the 8 AM Latin Mass, then dinner will be sometime after 1 PM. Josh is making his wonderful prime rib for us, and we'll have scalloped potatoes and caesar salad. I'm making a sherry nutmeg pound cake for dessert (birthday cake for Jesus). There's also ice cream and hot fudge for the kids, in case they don't want cake.

I'm off to dreamland, with visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. Merry Christmas, y'all!