Showing Some Christmas

I can't show you our decorations or any special ornaments we have as the Christmas tree is down and back into the bag.  Everything is waiting to be hauled back to the attic for another year of rest.  I didn't do as much this year.  I didn't put up my nativity scene, we didn't bake cookies, or doggie biscuits, I didn't put up any breakable ornaments afraid of what Kelsey would do to the tree and she did give us a few scares.  I had to throw my brand new tree skirt in the trash - It seemed that nothing was going right so we just left it simple.  But, I can show you a little something!

We usually start out the Christmas season with Jacob's biological grandparents.

Jeremy and I open gifts and have our big meal on Christmas Eve the way my family always did.  I like to go to church but, in the last few years that hasn't happened.  I prefer the midnight service but, I'm not willing to subject myself to the torture of keeping a 5YO up until midnight!  (The mortar and bucket are for a retiling project in front of my fireplace - we're replacing the broken terracotta tiles with slate).

And this was my Christmas.  I caught one heck of a bug and spent most of my time here.   Oh - this is our new furniture in the den, by the way.  We gained 6 seats by getting rid of 2 pieces!  Can you tell that it's comfortable?  And that Kelsey has claimed it?  I will never have another couch with reclining ends!

And our cookies, chocolate milk and carrots for the reindeer.  The runner was my Christmas gift from Jacob's Grandma (and I just noticed that the date on my camera is off by a few days).  The dishes I bought many moons ago because they were so stinking cute!  They store in a little hat box, that says "Cookies for Santa", and it's tied with a red ribbon!

And in the true spirit of the season, Jacob and I came home on Christmas Eve day to a package on our front door (some of you may remember from Facebook - I'm still offering that reward).  It was a cloth bag with mini M&Ms, a cookie ornament, and a little fire truck (miraculous in that it was one that we don't have) in it.  No card, no note - no nothing.  But it was on our front door so we know it was someone who hasn't been to our house before.  We suspect a certain fire chief...

Christmas Day - Santa comes on Christmas morning.  And we also do our stockings on Christmas morning.  Typically we have munchies - the last 2 years we've gone to Jeremy's parents to have our Christmas with them.  This year - everyone was there!  All of the grandkids even!  It was really great - and I felt like crap!

Left is Jeremy's eldest sister, Anita, then Jeremy (he's the baby, like me) and to his right is his sister, Liz, she's the middle child.

And all the kids - back left is Sloane, Alanna, and Bobby, they're Anita's kids.  And in the front (from left) are Natalie, Zoe (in the bride dress up outfit), and Alex - they're Liz's kids and on the end is my Jacob.

I hope all of you had a truly wonderful Christmas season, I hope Santa made all of your wishes come true.  ;)